Then faintly sighing,

Tenderly dying

Away upon the breezes, Sister Anne.

“There is no breeze to die on;

And all their drums and trumpets, flutes and harps,

Could never cut their way with ev’n three sharps

Through such a fog as this, you may rely on.

I think, but am not sure, I hear a hum,

Like a very muffled double drum,

And then a something faintly shrill,