THE LION-HOUSE
Alwaysthe heavy air,The dreadful cage, the lowMurmur of voices, whereSome Force goes to and froIn an immense despair!As through a hauntedbrain—With tireless footfallsThe Obsession moves again,Trying the floor, the walls,Forever, but in vain.In vain, proud Force! A might,Shrewder than yours, did spinAround your rage that brightPrison of steel, whereinYou pace for my delight.And O, my heart, what Doom,What warier Will has wroughtThe cage, within whose roomPaces your burning thought,For the delight of Whom?
Alwaysthe heavy air,The dreadful cage, the lowMurmur of voices, whereSome Force goes to and froIn an immense despair!As through a hauntedbrain—With tireless footfallsThe Obsession moves again,Trying the floor, the walls,Forever, but in vain.In vain, proud Force! A might,Shrewder than yours, did spinAround your rage that brightPrison of steel, whereinYou pace for my delight.And O, my heart, what Doom,What warier Will has wroughtThe cage, within whose roomPaces your burning thought,For the delight of Whom?
Alwaysthe heavy air,The dreadful cage, the lowMurmur of voices, whereSome Force goes to and froIn an immense despair!
Alwaysthe heavy air,
The dreadful cage, the low
Murmur of voices, where
Some Force goes to and fro
In an immense despair!
As through a hauntedbrain—With tireless footfallsThe Obsession moves again,Trying the floor, the walls,Forever, but in vain.
As through a hauntedbrain—
With tireless footfalls
The Obsession moves again,
Trying the floor, the walls,
Forever, but in vain.
In vain, proud Force! A might,Shrewder than yours, did spinAround your rage that brightPrison of steel, whereinYou pace for my delight.
In vain, proud Force! A might,
Shrewder than yours, did spin
Around your rage that bright
Prison of steel, wherein
You pace for my delight.
And O, my heart, what Doom,What warier Will has wroughtThe cage, within whose roomPaces your burning thought,For the delight of Whom?
And O, my heart, what Doom,
What warier Will has wrought
The cage, within whose room
Paces your burning thought,
For the delight of Whom?
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