And strength is won by sitting still,
Then shall a new-born pleasure come
Into thy heart and arms again,
As children’s children fill thy home.”
Eve smiled; but Adam said, “And then?”
“Then”—and the guest rose up to go—
“The best, the last thing shalt thou know:
This life of struggle and of fight
Shall vanish like a wind-blown light;
And after brief eclipse shall be