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The sense that every struggle brings defeat, / Because Fate holds no prize to crown success: / That all the oracles are dumb, or cheat, / Because they have no secret to express: -- / That none can pierce the vast black veil uncertain / Because there is no light behind the curtain, / That all is vanity and nothingness! / _The City of Dreadful Night._
The curtain rises on an empty stage.