Some syllables are swords.
They are all gone into the world of light, and I alone sit lingering here.
To God, thy country, and thy friend be true.
Death, and darkness get you packing, Nothing now to man is lacking, All your triumphs now are ended, And what Adam marred, is mended.
As men are killed by fighting, the truth is lost in disputing.
Man hath still either toys or care: But hath no root, nor to one place is tied, but ever restless and irregular, about this earth doth run and ride. He knows he hath a home, but scarce knows where; He says it is so far, that he has quite forgot how to go there.