And I often sigh Brooding sleepless curse Beyond a murky dream The ascent seemed age-long A meaningless journey Going on some grim ending My memory cannot seize Into a most wretched silence Embark unto nothingness Now the shadows deepen In the twilight of my Dark heart No tomb no long slow sleep of death Embalmed in this bleak and frigid clime My blood doth so sluggishly run Frozen in motionless ripples of crystal Still I hear voices And they seem to be crying In some forgotten world Far above