Variation 5
. . . . . + . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . O transient voyager of heaven!
. . ; . " . * . . . O silent sign of winter skies! . . . * . " . ; . .
What adverse wind thy sail has driven . . . : . . * . . . . . + . . . . = . . .
. . ; . " . * . . . To dungeons where a prisoner lies?
. . . . . + . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . Methinks the hands that shut the sun
. . ; . " . * . . . So sternly from this morning's brow . . . * . " . ; . .
Might still their rebel task have done . . . : . . * . . . . . + . . . . = . . .
. . ; . " . * . . . And checked a thing so frail as thou. . . . * . " . ; . .
. . . . . + . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . They would have done it had they known
. . ; . " . * . . . The talisman that dwelt in thee, . . . * . " . ; . .
For all the suns that ever shone . . . : . . * . . . . . + . . . . = . . .
. . ; . " . * . . . Have never been so kind to me! . . . * . " . ; . .
. . . . . + . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . For many a week and many a day
. . ; . " . * . . . My heart was weighed with sinking gloom
When morning rose in mourning grey . . . : . . * . . . . . + . . . . = . . .
. . ; . " . * . . . And faintly lit my prison room. . . . * . " . ; . .
. . . . . + . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . But angel like, when I awoke,
. . ; . " . * . . . Thy silvery form, so soft and fair, . . . * . " . ; . .
Shining through darkness, sweetly spoke . . . : . . * . . . . . + . . . . = . . .
. . ; . " . * . . . Of cloudy skies and mountains bare; . . . * . " . ; . .