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?