They never fail who die
In a great cause.
Marino Faliero, Act ii. Sc. 2. LORD BYRON.
DESPAIR.
So farewell hope, and, with hope, farewell fear,
Farewell remorse: all good to me is lost;
Evil, be thou my good.
Paradise Lost, Bk. IV. MILTON.
No change, no pause, no hope! Yet I endure.
Prometheus Unbound, Act i. P.B. SHELLEY.
The strongest and the fiercest spirit
That fought in heaven, now fiercer by despair.
Paradise Lost, Bk. II. MILTON.
I am one, my liege,
Whom the vile blows and buffets of the world
Have so incensed, that I am reckless what
I do to spite the world.
Macbeth, Act iii. Sc. 2. SHAKESPEARE.
Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have passed away.
Needless Alarm. W. COWPER.
DEVIL.
I called the devil, and he came,
And with wonder his form did I closely scan;
He is not ugly, and is not lame,
But really a handsome and charming man.
A man in the prime of life is the devil,
Obliging, a man of the world, and civil;
A diplomatist too, well skilled in debate,
He talks quite glibly of church and state.
Pictures of Travel: Return Home. H. HEINE.
The Devil was sick, the Devil a monk would be;
The Devil was well, the Devil a monk was he.
Works, Bk. IV. F. RABELAIS.