Capitel II: Soelen gaaer bag aase need

Sagte vender hun Hovedet halfft Lyddende fjærnt til Ord som bli'r talt Et Stæd under Bakken, om Hiertets Vee [Pigen:] «Sola gaar bak Aase ned Skuggan' bli saa lange Natte kjem snart atteved Teke meg i Fange» De Taaren dend fulgte hendes Savn Een Længsel hiem til siine Hun vilde saa gierne hafve dem i siin Favn Sorrigen sadte Rood i navnløs Piine Hun graader Hun falmer Hun seer ey paa Nattesti Hun falder i Sofn paa Moseseng Oc aldting tier Saa dæcker et Mulm Hendes Drømmers Stier Translation: Part II - Betwixt Cragges a Descending Sunne Slowly, slowly She turns her Head Listening to distant words Spoken from somewhere Below, O'th'Heart's woe The Maiden: "Betwixt the cragges a descending Sunne The shadows grow O so long Soon the Night will come To binde and imprison Me" Downe her cheek a Teardrop fell of longinge for those back Home How She wished to hold&be held And out of Sorrow rose Her nameless Payne Shrunken in weepinge Lost in the Darke On these Midnighte paths Asleep She falls on a bed of Moss Silence falls upon the Trees Then, o'er the paths of her dreams, A dense Veil falls Now art Thou by many remembered!