PART II
Frenchman! I saw thy child
Who cried alone on the road.
I have comforted him. I have reassured thy wife.
Thy field lay fallow, I have tilled it.
When Peace reappears again on earth
May thou reap the fruits of my labour!
Published in German in the Lillerzeitung, translated into French, and reproduced in the Gazette des Ardennes.