Nor hope rekindling at the end descried
So much in gladness that some end should be.
"Thus, I have so long suffered in this quest
Heard failure prophesied so oft, been writ
So many times among 'The Band'—to wit
The knights who to the Dark Tower's search addressed
Their steps—that just to fail as they, seemed best
And all the doubt is now—shall I be fit?
"What in the mist lies but the Tower itself?
The square squat turrets, blind as the fool's heart,