With visions many-hued;

There comes a solemn tone,

Like what is felt, in passing down the while

Some old cathedral's venerable aisle,—

A feeling all its own!

But now, at close of day,

When the damp vapoury veil of eve is gone,

Of gathering winds, the mournful dirge-like moan,

Sounds wildly far away.

For winter casts its shade