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Why was I born with such contemporaries?
Why was I born with such contemporaries?
 But, O thou tyrant,
 Do not repent these things, for they are heavier
  Than all thy woes read more 
 But, O thou tyrant,
 Do not repent these things, for they are heavier
  Than all thy woes can stir. Therefore betake thee
   To nothing but despair. 
In life you need either inspiration or desperation.
In life you need either inspiration or desperation.
This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you
This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you
Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you.
Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you.
Darkness our guide, Despair our leader was.
Darkness our guide, Despair our leader was.
 Never despair while under the guidance and auspices of Teucer.
 [Lat., Nil desperandum Teucro duce et auspice Teucro.]  
 Never despair while under the guidance and auspices of Teucer.
 [Lat., Nil desperandum Teucro duce et auspice Teucro.] 
 Despair is a great incentive to honorable death.
 [Lat., Desperatio magnum ad honeste moriendum incitamentum.]  
 Despair is a great incentive to honorable death.
 [Lat., Desperatio magnum ad honeste moriendum incitamentum.] 
 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!