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We have cried -- and the Gods are silent; / We have trusted -- and been betrayed; / We have loved -- and the fruit was ashes; / We have given -- the gift was weighed.
We know that the heavens are empty, / That friendship and love are names; / That truth is an ashen cinder, / The end of life's burnt-out flames.