• Deep on the convent-roof the snows
      Are sparkling to the moon:
    My breath to heaven like vapor goes:
      May my soul follow soon!
    The shadows of the convent-towers
      Slant down the snowy sward,
    Still creeping with the creeping hours
      That lead me to my Lord:
    Make Thou my spirit pure and clear
      As are the frosty skies,...