From Mulda to the Baltic Ocean.

But death hath spann'd thee: nor must we divine

What heir thou leav'st to finish thy design,

Or who shall thee succeed, as champion

For liberty and for religion.

Thy task is done; as in a watch, the spring,

120Wound to the height, relaxes with the string:

So thy steel nerves of conquest, from their steep

Ascent declin'd, lie slack'd in thy last sleep.

Rest then, triumphant soul! for ever rest!