"OUT IN THE COLD!"
"I AM LIKE A TRAVELLER LOST IN THE SNOW, WHO BEGINS TO GET STIFF WHILE THE SNOWFLAKES COVER HIM."
Speech of Prince Von Bismarck at Friedrichsruhe.]
"OUT IN THE COLD!"
["I am like a traveller lost in the snow, who begins to get stiff and to sink down while the snowflakes cover him. In fact, I am gradually losing interest in politics, but the feeling, like that of the traveller sinking under the snow, is a pleasant one."—Prince Bismarck to the Deputation of Leipsic Students.]
AIR—"Excelsior!"
The century was waning fast,
As through a wintry waste there passed