Small is the work that he has done

.

He has no enemy, you say;

My friend your boast is poor,

He who hath mingled in the fray

Of duty that the brave endure

Must have made foes.  If he has none

Small is the work that he had done.

He has hit no traitor on the hip;

He has cast no cup from perjured lip;

Has never turned the wrong to right;

Has been a coward in the fight.

–Alexander Anton von Auersperg–