The Suicide

The Suicide

Toil-worn, and trusting Zeno’s mad belief,A soul went wailing from the world of grief:A wild hope led the way,Then suddenly—dismay!Lo, the old load was There—The duty, the despair!Nothing had changed: still only one escapeFrom its old self into the angel shape.

Toil-worn, and trusting Zeno’s mad belief,A soul went wailing from the world of grief:A wild hope led the way,Then suddenly—dismay!Lo, the old load was There—The duty, the despair!Nothing had changed: still only one escapeFrom its old self into the angel shape.

Toil-worn, and trusting Zeno’s mad belief,A soul went wailing from the world of grief:A wild hope led the way,Then suddenly—dismay!Lo, the old load was There—The duty, the despair!Nothing had changed: still only one escapeFrom its old self into the angel shape.

Toil-worn, and trusting Zeno’s mad belief,

A soul went wailing from the world of grief:

A wild hope led the way,

Then suddenly—dismay!

Lo, the old load was There—

The duty, the despair!

Nothing had changed: still only one escape

From its old self into the angel shape.


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