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Despair ruins some, presumption many.
Despair ruins some, presumption many.
Why was I born with such contemporaries?
Why was I born with such contemporaries?
O that this too too sullied flesh would melt,
Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew,
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O that this too too sullied flesh would melt,
Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew,
Or that the Everlasting had not fixed
His canon 'gainst self-slaughter.
The name of the Slough was Despond.
The name of the Slough was Despond.
No change, no pause, no hope! Yet I endure.
No change, no pause, no hope! Yet I endure.
Night was our friend, our leader was Despair.
Night was our friend, our leader was Despair.
The man who lives only by hope will die with despair.
The man who lives only by hope will die with despair.
Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim
Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim
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.]