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one illume a leaden sky, Or tear apart the shadowy veil Thicker than pitch, no star on high, Not one funereal glimmer pale? Can one illume a leaden sky?

Hope lit the windows of the Inn, But now that shining flame is dead; And how shall martyred pilgrims win Along the moonless road they tread? Satan has darkened all the Inn!

Witch, do you love accursèd hearts? Say, do you know the reprobate? Know you Remorse, whose venomed darts Make souls the targets for their hate? Witch, do you love accursèd hearts?

The Might-have-been with tooth accursed Gnaws at the piteous souls of men, The deep foundations suffer first, And all the structure crumbles then Beneath the bitter tooth accursed.