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Despair ruins some, presumption many.
Despair ruins some, presumption many.
Despair ruins some, presumption many
Despair ruins some, presumption many
Action is the antidote to despair.
Action is the antidote to despair.
Thus repuls'd, our final hope
Is flat despair.
Thus repuls'd, our final hope
Is flat despair.
No change, no pause, no hope! Yet I endure.
No change, no pause, no hope! Yet I endure.
But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.
But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.
Despair is like forward children, who, when you take away one of their playthings, throw the rest into the fire read more
Despair is like forward children, who, when you take away one of their playthings, throw the rest into the fire for madness. It grows angry with itself, turns its own executioner, and revenges its misfortunes on its own head.
Night was our friend, our leader was Despair.
Night was our friend, our leader was Despair.
They have tied me to a stake. I cannot fly,
But bear-like I must fight the course.
They have tied me to a stake. I cannot fly,
But bear-like I must fight the course.