Inalittlepeace,inalittlepeace,Likefiercebeaststhatacommonthirstmakesbrothers,Wedrawtogethertoonehiddarklake;
Inalittlepeace,inalittlepeace,WedrainwithallourburthensofdishonourIntothecleansingsandso’thethirstygrave。
Thefierypomps,braveexhalations,Andalltheglisteringshowso’theseemingworld,Whichthesightachesat,weunwinkingseeThroughthesmokedglassofDeath;Death,wherewith’sfinedThemuddywineoflife;thatearthdothpurgeOfherplethoraofman;Death,thatdothflushThecumberedguttersofhumanity;
Nothing,ofnothingking,withfrontuncrowned,Whosehandholdscrownets;playmateswarto’thestrong;
TenebrousmoonthatfluxandrefluencedrawsOfthehigh—tidedman;skull—hous—edaspThatstingstheheelofkings;trueFountofYouth,Wherehethatdipsisdeathless;being’sdrone—pipe;