The awful agony, since always he knows

370 That the lap of the flame brings life afresh,

Peace after death, when undaunted once more

Fully feathered and formed as a bird

Out of the ashes up he can spring,

Safe under the heavens. To himself he is both

375 A father and a son, and finds himself also

Ever the heir to his olden life.

The Almighty Maker of man has granted

That though the fire shall fasten its fetters upon him,