Impatience

[Tiger the Lion]

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 --
the summit fails my pride.
But I shall die a champion still,
and leave a will unsigned!

Hey River. I like this but a few questions... "THE Jacob's ladder" sounds wrong. Also, I can't really reconcile the question mark after "unclimbed". But I like it regardless. Lastly, I keep wondering if "the summit" should be "that summit" since by my read "saint" defines the summit. Really like unclimbed/unsigned.

Paul