William Shakespeare on Despair
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“For nothing canst thou to damnation add Greater than that.”
“Discomfort guides my tongue And bids me speak of nothing but despair.”
“O, that this too too solid flesh would melt, Thaw and resolve itself into a dew!”
“They have tied me to a stake; I cannot fly. But, bear-like, I must fight the course.”
“Thou tyrant! Do not repent these things, for they are heavier Than all thy woes can stir: therefore, betake thee To nothing but despair.”
“I shall despair. There is no creature loves me; And if I die, no soul will pity me: Nay, wherefore should they, since that I myself Find in myself no pity to myself?”
“Oh, break, my heart! poor bankrupt, break at once! To prison, eyes, ne'er look on liberty! Vile earth, to earth resign; end motion here; And thou and Romeo press one heavy bier!”