In the place where the wayfarer once

Planted his footsteps; the spray

Boils o'er its borders; aloft,

The unseen snow-beds dislodge

Their hanging ruin. Alas!

Havoc is made in our train!

Friends who set forth at our side

Falter, are lost in the storm.

We, we only are left!

With frowning foreheads, with lips