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Alas! this is not what I thought life was. / I knew that there were crimes and evil men, / Misery and hate; nor did I hope to pass / Untouched by suffering, through the rugged glen. / In mine own heart I saw as in a glass / The hearts of others... And when / I went among my kind, with triple brass / Of calm endurance my weak breast I armed, / To bear scorn, fear, and hate, a woful mass!