02-21-2016, 01:24 AM
IMPATIENCE
Oh! that I should die today,
and leave my sins behind --
and leave the Jacob's ladder,
the holy mount, unclimbed?
I know I shall not die a Saint --
that summit fails my pride.
But I shall die a champion still,
and leave a will unsigned!
Oh! that I should die today,
and leave my sins behind --
and leave the Jacob's ladder,
the holy mount, unclimbed?
I know I shall not die a Saint --
that summit fails my pride.
But I shall die a champion still,
and leave a will unsigned!