Versos English Friedrich Schiller Chorus of Brothers of Mercy

English poem

Chorus of Brothers of Mercy

by (1759–1805)

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Death comes to man with hasty stride, No respite is to him e'er given; He's stricken down in manhood's pride, E'en in mid race from earth he's driven. Prepared, or not, to go from here, Before his Judge he must appear!