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There is a society in the deepest solitude.
There is a society in the deepest solitude.
So lonely 'twas that God himself
Scarce seemed there to be.
So lonely 'twas that God himself
Scarce seemed there to be.
Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife.
Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife.
Alone!--That worn-out word,
So idly spoken, and so coldly heard;
Yet all that poets sing, and grief read more
Alone!--That worn-out word,
So idly spoken, and so coldly heard;
Yet all that poets sing, and grief hath known,
Of hope laid waste, knells in that word--Alone!
I am as one who is left alone at a banquet, the lights dead and
the flowers faded.
I am as one who is left alone at a banquet, the lights dead and
the flowers faded.
In solitude, when we are least alone.
In solitude, when we are least alone.
This is to be along; this, this is solitude!
This is to be along; this, this is solitude!
We enter the world alone, we leave it alone.
We enter the world alone, we leave it alone.
Converse with men makes sharp the glittering wit,
But God to man doth speak in solitude.
Converse with men makes sharp the glittering wit,
But God to man doth speak in solitude.
