XIII + 

She, to turn back her eyes afraid, + 

Accelerates her hasty pace, + 

But cannot anyhow evade + 

Her shaggy myrmidon in chase. + 

The bear rolls on with many a grunt: + 

A forest now she sees in front + 

With fir-trees standing motionless + 

In melancholy loveliness, + 

Their branches by the snow bowed down. + 

Through aspens, limes and birches bare, + 

The shining orbs of night appear; + 

There is no path; the storm hath strewn + 

Both bush and brake, ravine and steep, + 

And all in snow is buried deep. + 