It's describing how someone's life is taking a turn for the worse, and there is no hope in the near future. They look to seclude themselves until it all passes over, "Huddled in isolation, to sleep the winter away."
It's describing how someone's life is taking a turn for the worse, and there is no hope in the near future. They look to seclude themselves until it all passes over, "Huddled in isolation, to sleep the winter away."