I grasped the pistol[1350] from my breast,

And then I killed[1351] him! All the rest

For days to me was blank;[1352] and when—

O Heaven! why did I not die then?

At last my sense came back. I would

Have taken my own life if I could.

But it perhaps was better[1353] so;

God will not judge me hard, I know.

And when, in answer to His call,

I stand within the heavenly hall,[1354]