当死神来叩你门的时候，你将以什么供献他呢？

呵，我要在我客人面前，摆上我斟满的生命之怀──我决不让他空手回去。

我一切的秋日和夏夜丰美的收获，我勿促的生命中的一切获得和收藏，在我临终，死神来叩我门的时候，我都要摆在他的面前。

On the day when death will knock at thy door what wilt thou ofer to him？

Oh，I will set before my guest the full vessel of my life‐I will never let him go with empty hands.

All the sweet vintage of all my autumn days and summer nights，all the earnings and gleanings of my busy life will I place before him at the close of my days when death will knock at my door.