There, there with thee,

O my protector! homewards might I flee!

Know’st thou the mountain? High its bridge is hung,

Where the mule seeks through mist and cloud his way;

There lurk the dragon-race, deep caves among,

O’er beetling rocks there foams the torrent-spray.

Know’st thou it well?

With thee, with thee,

There lies my path, O father! let us flee!

THE SISTERS.[412]