Its fire burns on, tho flickering at the last,

And finds its grand fulfillment, Love, in you.

[LIFE IN DEATH]

Why should we dread the Messenger of Death?

Who comes as friend when sufferings beset,

And gives surcease of pain with final breath

So that Life leaves, rejoiced, without regret.

[GERMANY]

O, Hun, from what low beast didst thou descend?