"Why is it I bestow on thee the boon

Of recognizing me the while I go

Invisibly among men, morning, noon,

"And night, from house to house, and—quick or slow—

Take my appointed prey? They summon thee

For help, suppose: obey the summons! so!

"Enter, look round! Where 's Death? Know—I am he,

Satan who work all evil: I who bring

Pain to the patient in whate'er degree.

"I, then, am there: first glance thine eye shall fling