Der Domherr

From the book: "The poor boy! He had a premonition of death. And it never deceives in the field, just before a battle. It is an old story. The day before yesterday he wrote, today they fight. Perhaps he is already among the dead at this very moment! He would have put it behind him; he would have suffered, even with the brave heart. Even with the wild, defiant heart! Oh, oh, it would be better for him than lying alive among the dead, abandoned, mutilated, with bleeding wounds, alone with the despair of pain, of double pain, of triple pain, the wounds of abandonment, of the torn heart. Poor, poor boy! And they, who hunted him to death!" Jodocus Temme (1798-1881) was a German politician, lawyer, and writer.