L’HEAUTONTIMOROUMENOS 
211 
 
I am the wound and I the steel ;   
 I am the buffet and the ear ;   
I am the limbs, and I the wheel, 
 Victim and executioner !   
 
The Vampire of my heart am I, 
 Lord of that God-forsaken train 
That, damned to laugh eternally, 
 Know they can never smile again.