Wake me not from solitude To tell me I am alone; Place no cup of kindness here Beneath my silent throne; Lift your gaze not heavenward, Look not unto the sky, For I am one lost to this world, For I was born to die
Break no stone, nor cut no bough, And trouble not the soil; Make no mark to why or how Suspended was my toil; Bring no breath, no uttered word, No sentiment of joy, For I am one lost to this world, For I was born to die