Glittered a thousand stars on high,

And wailed the night-wind sadly by;

And slowly fading, one by one,

Cliff, cloud, ravine, and mountain pass

Grew darker still, and yet more dun,

’Till deep’ning to a shadowy mass,

They seemed to mingle, earth and sky,

In one wild, weird-like canopy.

Yet lo! that hunter starts, and one

Whom it were heaven to gaze upon,