And who by fire, who by water
Who in the sunshine, who in the night time
Who by high ordeal, who by common trial
Who in your merry merry month of May
Who by very slow decay
And who shall I say is calling?
And who in her lonely slip, who by barbiturate
Who in these realms of love, who by something blunt
And who by avalanche, who by powder
Who for his greed, who for his hunger
The barbiturate refers to suicide by a sleeping pill overdose. The dead woman in her lonely slip maybe refers to female suicides like Nancy in  “Seems So Long Ago, Nancy” .
Who by Fire