Without feathers shall fall, but he flies none the less,

Swoops in descent till he seems no longer

The forest tree’s fruit: at its foot on the ground

25 He sinks in silence, his soul departed—

On the roots now lies his lifeless body.

One shall fare afoot on far-away paths,

Shall bear on his back his burdensome load,

Tread the dewy track among tribes unfriendly

30 Amid foreign foemen. Few are alive

To welcome the wanderer. The woeful face