But Benedictus tells thee when awake,

So dost thou slay, beholding, thy response.

Aye, gaze therein.

Strader:

Aye, gaze therein. I will. What do I see?

Two forms confused? They change, yea, and they tear,

One at the other tears—a battle now—

The phantoms fight each other furiously,—

Destruction reigns, and from it gloom is born;—

From out the gloom now issue other shades