That time is dead for ever, child
Drowned and frozen, dead for ever
We look on the past and stare aghast
Spectres wailing pale and ghast

The stream we gazed on and then rolled by
Its waves return, return not
And we, yes, we stand in a lone land
Like the tombs to mark memory

That time is dead for ever, child
Drowned and frozen, dead for ever
We look on the past and stare aghast
Spectres wailing pale and ghast

The stream we gazed on and then rolled by
Its waves return, return not
And we, yes, we stand in a lone land
Like the tombs to mark memory