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Will without power, the element of hell, Abortive all its acts returning still Upon itself; ... oh! anguish terrible! Meet guerdon of self-love, its proper ill! Malice would scowl upon the foe he fears; And he with lip of scorn would seek to kill; But neither sees the other, neither hears— For darkness each in his own dungeon bars, Lust pines for dearth, and grief drinks its own tears— Each in its solitude apart. Hate wars Against himself, and feeds upon his chain, Whose iron penetrates the soul it scars, A dreadful solitude each mind insane, Each its own place, its prison all alone, And finds no sympathy to soften pain.
Will without power, the element of hell, Abortive all its acts returning still Upon itself; ... oh! anguish terrible! Meet guerdon of self-love, its proper ill! Malice would scowl upon the foe he fears; And he with lip of scorn would seek to kill; But neither sees the other, neither hears— For darkness each in his own dungeon bars, Lust pines for dearth, and grief drinks its own tears— Each in its solitude apart. Hate wars Against himself, and feeds upon his chain, Whose iron penetrates the soul it scars, A dreadful solitude each mind insane, Each its own place, its prison all alone, And finds no sympathy to soften pain.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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Page 293 · printed citation: J. A. Heraud · subject: HELL
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