The world goes whispering to its own,
"This anguish pierces to the bone;"
And tender friends go read more

The world goes whispering to its own,
"This anguish pierces to the bone;"
And tender friends go sighing round,
"What love can ever cure this wound?"
My days go on, my days go on.

Despair is the conclusion of fools.

Despair is the conclusion of fools.

All my life I believed I knew something. But then one strange day came when I realized that I knew read more

All my life I believed I knew something. But then one strange day came when I realized that I knew nothing, yes, I knew nothing. And so words became void of meaning. I have arrived too late at ultimate uncertainty.

Darkness our guide, Despair our leader was.

Darkness our guide, Despair our leader was.

Despair ruins some, presumption many.

Despair ruins some, presumption many.

The man who lives only by hope will die with despair.

The man who lives only by hope will die with despair.

Stood up, the strongest and the fiercest spirit
That fought in heaven, now fiercer by despair.

Stood up, the strongest and the fiercest spirit
That fought in heaven, now fiercer by despair.

He who has never hoped can never despair.

He who has never hoped can never despair.

The nympholepsy of some fond despair.

The nympholepsy of some fond despair.