'Such hope, as is the sick despair of good'

by Percy Bysshe Shelley · (no date)
Published 01/07/1880

Such hope, as is the sick despair of good,

Such fear, as is the certainty of ill,

Such doubt, as is pale Expectation's food

Turned while she tastes to poison, when the will

Is powerless, and the spirit...

#despair #existentialism #fatalism #inner conflict #paradox #percy bysshe shelley

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