Mad from life's history,
Glad to death's mystery,
Swift to be hurled—
Anywhere, anywhere,
Out of the world!


'The Bridge of Sighs' (1844)


Mad from life's history, Glad to death's mystery, Swift to be hurled— Anywhere, anywhere, Out of the world!

Mad from life's history, Glad to death's mystery, Swift to be hurled— Anywhere, anywhere, Out of the world!

Mad from life's history, Glad to death's mystery, Swift to be hurled— Anywhere, anywhere, Out of the world!

Mad from life's history, Glad to death's mystery, Swift to be hurled— Anywhere, anywhere, Out of the world!