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[Alas, alas! for the self-destroyed]
Alas, alas! for the self-destroyed
Vanish as images from a glass,
Sink down and die down by hope unbuoyed:—
Alas, alas!
Vanish as images from a glass,
Sink down and die down by hope unbuoyed:—
Alas, alas!
Who shall stay their ruinous mass?
Besotted, reckless, possessed, decoyed,
They hurry to the dolorous pass.
Besotted, reckless, possessed, decoyed,
They hurry to the dolorous pass.
Saints fall a-weeping who would have joyed,
Sore they weep for a glory that was,
For a fulness emptied into the void,
Alas, alas!
Sore they weep for a glory that was,
For a fulness emptied into the void,
Alas, alas!
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