Snow On The Mountain White

Hilla Stormbringer

Snow on the Mountain White

When I was but a young man
My feet e'er longed to stray
They took me from my homeland
To places far away

I ever was a stranger
And wandered day and night
Until I saw the snow fall
Upon the mountain white.

The snow shone in the sunrise
All flaming gold and red
And shadows black as ravens
That from the sunlight fled

The shadows stirred my memory
Of my love's ebon hair
And how I wished to hold her
And tell her she was fair

And so for months I travelled
Returning to my home
And in my heart I promised
From her I'd never roam

But when I reached the meadow
Where I’d stay by her side
She did not come a-running
And I sat down and cried.

There was a lonely cairn
Stark in the evening light
All covered thick with flowers
Like snow on the mountain white.

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