Depart from me, O cruel Hope!
Depart and come no more;
For blinded by your power I grope
Along a bitter shore.
My strength has fail’d, for I am riven
By all thy doubt and dearth;
My tired spirit longs for heaven
My body yearns for earth
I see the meadows overcome
With dark consuming blight;
The vocal grove today is dumb,
The sun gives place to night.
I cannot tune this trill o’mine!
My thoughts are all at sea!
Ah, heart! Ah, hope! Ah, Lilla mine!
May God remember thee!
(Mihaly Csokonai Vitez)
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