A Snow-Song + 

Does the snow fall at sea? + 

Yes, when the north winds blow, + 

When the wild clouds fly low, + 

Out of each gloomy wing, + 

Silently glimmering, + 

Over the stormy sea + 

Falleth the snow. + 

Does the snow hide the sea? + 

Nay, on the tossing plains + 

Never a flake remains; + 

Drift never resteth there; + 

Vanishing everywhere, + 

Into the hungry sea + 

Falleth the snow. + 

What means the snow at sea? + 

Whirled in the veering blast, + 

Thickly the flakes drive past; + 

Each like a childish ghost + 

Wavers, and then is lost; + 

In the forgetful sea + 

Fadeth the snow. + 