But few that were able to assist them,

Now all will miss their own, for them shed a tear,

Kind fathers, the children will miss them.

They clung to the ice, until benumbed with cold,

The ice in their grasp broke asunder;

One lady on the shore, in grief did behold

Her husband, exhausted, go under;

Two sisters were screaming and calling for aid,

Their sorrow, poor girls, could not smother,

In anguish wrung their hands, and franticly said,