Whiles in the early Winter eve + 

We pass amid the gathering night + 

Some homestead that we had to leave + 

Years past; and see its candles bright + 

Shine in the room beside the door + 

Where we were merry years agone + 

But now must never enter more, + 

As still the dark road drives us on. + 

E’en so the world of men may turn + 

At even of some hurried day + 

And see the ancient glimmer burn + 

Across the waste that hath no way; + 

Then with that faint light in its eyes + 

A while I bid it linger near + 

And nurse in wavering memories + 

The bittersweet of days that were. + 