Cain. Am I or am I not this which they think me?

My mother loves me not; my brother Abel,

Searing my heart, commends my soul to God;

My father does not shun me—there’s my comfort:

Almost I think they look askance on him.

Ah, but for him,

I know not what might happen; for at times

Ungovernable angers take the waves

Of my deep soul and sweep them—who knows whither?

And a strange impulse, struggling to the truth,