DESPONDENCY

DESPONDENCY

I sadly watch the hours go by,The hours, the days, the months, the years,And what’s called life shall soon go by,And helpless and with fruitless rageI watch the hours of life go by.And I must curse when I would bless,And I who am all love, must hate,And I who have been born to singMust spend myself in moans and tears.And must I perish on this rockA cruel God has bound me to?Will not some Hercules ere comeAnd make me free?

I sadly watch the hours go by,The hours, the days, the months, the years,And what’s called life shall soon go by,And helpless and with fruitless rageI watch the hours of life go by.And I must curse when I would bless,And I who am all love, must hate,And I who have been born to singMust spend myself in moans and tears.And must I perish on this rockA cruel God has bound me to?Will not some Hercules ere comeAnd make me free?

I sadly watch the hours go by,The hours, the days, the months, the years,And what’s called life shall soon go by,And helpless and with fruitless rageI watch the hours of life go by.

I sadly watch the hours go by,

The hours, the days, the months, the years,

And what’s called life shall soon go by,

And helpless and with fruitless rage

I watch the hours of life go by.

And I must curse when I would bless,And I who am all love, must hate,And I who have been born to singMust spend myself in moans and tears.

And I must curse when I would bless,

And I who am all love, must hate,

And I who have been born to sing

Must spend myself in moans and tears.

And must I perish on this rockA cruel God has bound me to?Will not some Hercules ere comeAnd make me free?

And must I perish on this rock

A cruel God has bound me to?

Will not some Hercules ere come

And make me free?

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