And like dim shadows watch by her sepulchre.

The chill rain is falling, the nipped worm is crawling,

The rivers are swelling, the thunder is knelling

For the year;

The blithe swallows are flown, and the lizards each gone

To his dwelling.

Come, months, come away;

Put on white, black, and grey;

Let your light sisters play—

Ye, follow the bier