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Would that I possessed the strength

To cast out all despair

Would that age-old promises

Were aught but hidden blades

Double-edged and treacherous

Ever at the throat

Binding me to this course

To this course

Would that I could see afar

To act ere fate arrives

Would that wisdom could prevail

In turning back the tide

Vast and irreversible

Laying claim to all

Drawn into the abyss

The abyss

O would that these two hands could craft

A vessel to bear be back

To that distant shore