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Darkness our guide, Despair our leader was.
Darkness our guide, Despair our leader was.
When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have read more
When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall -- think of it, ALWAYS.
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!
When we are flat on our backs there is no way to look but up.
When we are flat on our backs there is no way to look but up.
Night was our friend, our leader was Despair.
Night was our friend, our leader was Despair.
Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair
Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair
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.
In all things it is better to hope than to despair
In all things it is better to hope than to despair
Despair ruins some, presumption many.
Despair ruins some, presumption many.