How shall I fly? Where shall I hide me?

Was't thou that in the wood didst guide me?

I kill'd thy children young and fair,

Me in thy arms how couldst thou bear?"

Thus Burgundy goes on to wail,

And feels the heart within him fail;

Death is at hand, remorse pursues him,

With streaming eyes he sinks on Eckart's bosom;

And Eckart whispers to him low:

"Henceforth I have forgot the slight,