Night was our friend, our leader was Despair.

Night was our friend, our leader was Despair.

This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you

This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you

. . . then black despair
The shadow of a starless night, was thrown
Over the world read more

. . . then black despair
The shadow of a starless night, was thrown
Over the world in which I moved alone.

Discomfort guides my tongue
And bids me speak of nothing but despair.

Discomfort guides my tongue
And bids me speak of nothing but despair.

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!

Despair ruins some, presumption many.

Despair ruins some, presumption many.

Darkness our guide, Despair our leader was.

Darkness our guide, Despair our leader was.

In all things it is better to hope than to despair

In all things it is better to hope than to despair

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.