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Why was I born with such contemporaries?
Why was I born with such contemporaries?
But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.
But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.
He who has never hoped can never despair.
He who has never hoped can never despair.
This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you
This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you
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.
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.]
Despair is the conclusion of fools.
Despair is the conclusion of fools.
Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair
Never despair; but if you do, work on in 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.