And the dazzlin' snow lay drift on drift,

As thro' a village a youth did go,

A-carryin' a flag with this motto,—

Higher!

O'er a forehead high curled copious hair,

His nose a Roman, complexion fair,

O'er an eagle eye an auburn lash,

And he never stopped shoutin' thro' his moustache!

"Higher!"

He saw thro' the windows as he kept gettin' upper