Fate + 

Oft, as I rest in quiet peace, am I + 

Thrust out at sudden doors, and madly driven + 

Through desert solitudes, and thunder-riven + 

Black passages which have not any sky: + 

The scourge is on me now, with all the cry + 

Of ancient life that hath with murder striven. + 

How many an anguish hath gone up to heaven, + 

How many a hand in prayer been lifted high + 

When the black fate came onward with the rush + 

Of whirlwind, avalanche, or fiery spume! + 

Even at my feet is cleft a shivering tomb + 

Beneath the waves; or else, with solemn hush + 

The graveyard opens, and I feel a crush + 

As if we were all huddled in one doom! + 