Cruel Remorse! where Youth and Pleasure sport,
And thoughtless Folly keeps her court,--
Crouching 'midst rosy bowers thou lurk'st unseen
Slumbering the festal hours away,
While Youth disports in that enchanting scene;
Till on some fated day
Thou with a tiger-spring dost leap upon thy prey,
And tear his helpless breast, o'erwhelmed with wild dismay.
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Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue
Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue
Remorse is regret that one waited so long to do it.
Remorse is regret that one waited so long to do it.
Remorse is the pain of sin.
Remorse is the pain of sin.
Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness
Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness
Farewell, remorse: all good to me is lost;
Evil, be thou my good.
Farewell, remorse: all good to me is lost;
Evil, be thou my good.
Remorse: beholding heaven and feeling hell
Remorse: beholding heaven and feeling hell
If thou dost slander her and torture me,
Never pray more; abandon all remorse;
On horror's head read more
If thou dost slander her and torture me,
Never pray more; abandon all remorse;
On horror's head horrors accumulate;
Do deeds to make heaven weep, all earth amazed;
For nothing canst thou to damnation add
Greater than that.
Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue.
Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue.
Remorse is regret that one waited so long to do it
Remorse is regret that one waited so long to do it
