The silence was utter, the sleep was long A torment for even the brave Peals of thunder even did not forsake The lifeless soil of this eternal-white land
A domain of no mercy - White, so bright As a day of calm, flawless might Beware the coming of night The shade of essential ingenuity Acknowledge the darkness, link of dawn
The branches hung low Softly covered by snow Even the strongest will Recoil beneath their silent chill
See the plains so eternally white Bright, in spite of even the night To be where the eagles fly With a haughty hunters eye
Feel the kiss of the silver draped frost Your age-old toil, haunted and lost High up there, where His ravens once flew The lightning strikes - even deep in the snow