It tires him out if he tries to speak.]
Some die quietly.    Some abound
In loud self-pity.    Others spread
Bad morale through the cots around . . .
This is a type that is better dead.
"The war was forced on me by my foes.
All that I sought was the right to live."
[Don't be afraid of a triple dose;
The pain will neutralize half we give.
Here are the needles.    See that he dies
While the effects of the drug endure . . .
What is the question he asks with his eyes?—
Yes, All-Highest, to God, be sure.]
In this final throw-away line the Physician uses the formal title for the Kaiser, “All-Highest,” and assures him that he will go to heaven. This infers from the previous line that the character of the Kaiser has finally begun to plead, even if only with his eyes. This pleading represents the final fall of the Kaiser.
A Death-Bed