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The nympholepsy of some fond despair.
The nympholepsy of some fond despair.
Discomfort guides my tongue
And bids me speak of nothing but despair.
Discomfort guides my tongue
And bids me speak of nothing but despair.
No change, no pause, no hope! Yet I endure.
No change, no pause, no hope! Yet I endure.
In all things it is better to hope than to despair
In all things it is better to hope than to despair
Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair
Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair
In life you need either inspiration or desperation.
In life you need either inspiration or desperation.
If thou dost slander her and torture me,
Never pray more; abandon all remorse;
On horror's head read more
If thou dost slander her and torture me,
Never pray more; abandon all remorse;
On horror's head horrors accumulate;
Do deeds to make heaven weep, all earth amazed;
For nothing canst thou to damnation add
Greater than that.
Thus repuls'd, our final hope
Is flat despair.
Thus repuls'd, our final hope
Is flat despair.
Action is the antidote to despair.
Action is the antidote to despair.