The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation ... A stereotyped but read more

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation ... A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind.

Alas for him who never sees
The stars shine through his cypress-trees
Who, hopeless, lays his dead read more

Alas for him who never sees
The stars shine through his cypress-trees
Who, hopeless, lays his dead away,
Nor looks to see the breaking day
Across the mournful marbles play!

Discomfort guides my tongue
And bids me speak of nothing but despair.

Discomfort guides my tongue
And bids me speak of nothing but despair.

Darkness our guide, Despair our leader was.

Darkness our guide, Despair our leader was.

Night was our friend, our leader was Despair.

Night was our friend, our leader was Despair.

No change, no pause, no hope! Yet I endure.

No change, no pause, no hope! Yet I endure.

The nympholepsy of some fond despair.

The nympholepsy of some fond despair.

In all things it is better to hope than to despair

In all things it is better to hope than to despair

The fact that God has prohibited despair gives misfortune the right to hope all things, and leaves hope free to read more

The fact that God has prohibited despair gives misfortune the right to hope all things, and leaves hope free to dare all things.