Like a serpent’s hiss with its fangèd kiss,

And the leaping leagues upsprang to me;

But I passed them all with the battle’s call,

As with maddening joy I scream, I screamed

The death which the wrathful warrior dreamed.

The mad red death which the warrior dreamed.

I sing! sing! sing! the wrathful warrior’s song.

Then ping! ping! ping! ’tis the wrathful warrior’s wrong.

I red in the heart of the foe,

Fulfilling the warrior’s woe.