Despair + 

The curtains of twilight are drawn in the west + 

And vespers are sweet on the air, + 

While I, through my leafless, ungarlanded way + 

But pause at the gates of despair. + 

Good-bye to the hopes that were never fulfilled, + 

Good-bye to the fond dreams that failed, + 

Good-bye to my dead that has never been born, + 

Good-bye to love’s ship that ne’er sailed. + 