
Yet each man kills the thing he loves
By each let this be heard,
Some do it with a bitter look,
Some with a flattering word,
The coward does it with a kiss,
The brave man with a sword! (ang.)
Źródło: Ballada o więzieniu w Reading http://books.google.pl/books?id=C1SmxkCFB44C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false, Kessinger Publishing, 2004, s. 2, 3.