Unknowing - Of Winter and Melancholy Lyrics

Rain cleanses the welkin as sunlight fades away
Behold the placid shadows of night and dismay
A gathering of clouds leaves place to the bright stars
As an ancient chant is heard from the lands afar...

Enthralled are the creatures who contemplate thee
Permeated by an aura of winter and melancholy
Called by the whispers of this wind so eerie
Snowy cold night a kiss shall grant me!

Guided by the pale sphere in the sky
I walk this frozen path when the daylight dies
Through umbriferous woods where frost prevails
Away, my lugubrious spirit in wonder sails...

"In the heart of this realm so timeless
Lakes and streams are secluded in loneness
Dwelling silently as the last leaves fall
From the dying trees yet so mighty and tall..."

Rossini
Rossetti

"Et iam summa procul villarum culmina fumant, maioresque
Cadunt altis de montibus umbrae"