La Mort

<br>(by Emile Verhaeren)<br>Death has tasted blood<br>in the cabaret of three coffins<br>Death put down on the counter,<br>a black crown<br>and then went on her way<br>Death went on her way<br>very slowly<br>to look for the last rites<br>They saw coming back the priest<br>and the choir boys<br>too late<br>to the house<br>whose windows were closed<br>Death has tasted blood<br>She was Drunk with it