#hope-and-despair

"To die,so young to die.No, no, not I,I love the warm sunny skies,light, song, shining eyes,I want no war, no battle cry,No, no, not I."

"Nevertheless, in this sea of human wretchedness and malice there bloomed at times compassion, as a pale flower blooms in a putrid marsh."

"What a lover’s heart knows let no man’s brain dispute."

"When you're in a Slump,you're not in for much fun.Un-slumping yourselfis not easily done."

"With the need for the self in the time of another / I left my seaport grim and dear / knowing good work could be made / in the state governed by both Hope and Despair."