To speak of the ruin or the tomb.

I have looked o'er the hills of the stormy north,

And the larch has hung all his tassels forth,

The fisher is out in the stormy sea,

And the rein-deer bounds o'er the pastures free,

And the fence has a fringe of softer green,

And the moss looks bright where my foot hath been.

I have sent thro' the wood-paths a glowing sigh,

And called out each voice of the deep blue sky;

From the night bird's lay thro' the starry time,