Yet each man kills the thing he loves,<br />By each let this be heard,<br />Some do it with a bitter look,<br />Some with a flattering word,<br />The coward does it with a kiss,<br />The brave man with a sword!<br />Some kill their love when they are young,<br />And some when they are old;<br />Some strangle with the hands of Lust,<br />Some with the hands of Gold:<br />The kindest use a knife, because<br />The dead so soon grow cold.<br />Some love too little, some too long,<br />Some sell, and others buy;<br />Some do the deed with many tears,<br />And some without a sigh:<br />For each man kills the thing he loves,<br />Yet each man does not die.