The Night is Darkening Round Me

The night is darkening round me,
 The wild winds coldly blow;
But a tyrant spell has bound me
 And I cannot, cannot go.

The giant trees are bending
 Their bare boughs weighed with snow,
And the storm is fast descending,
 And yet I cannot go.

Clouds beyond clouds above me,
 Wastes beyond wastes below;
But nothing drear can move me—
 I will not, cannot go.