Despair
Ada Cambridge
1844 to 1926
Track 1
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Shows the distant coast whereto the lost may steer.
What are these gifts without the larger boon?
And vainly call for pilot — weep and pray;
In all−surrounding darkness, void and clear,
Drifting, I spread vain hands, and vainly peer,
O what is Life, if we must hold it thus,
Who scarce have time to know what we desire?
No chart, no compass, and no anchor stay!
O what is Art, or Wealth, or Fame to us
Alone! Alone! No beacon, far or near!
As wind−blown sparks hold momentary fire?
O what is Love, if we must part so soon?
Like melting fog, the mirage melts away
Beyond these limits not the faintest ray
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