The Impersonal Life

by Joseph Sieber Benner

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 AH SELF, how painful is thy going! AH SELF, how painful is thy going!
-With what reluctant feet thou wend +\\ With what reluctant feet thou wend 
-Thy weary way; and fearful fend +\\ Thy weary way; and fearful fend 
-The merest move that seeks to end +\\ The merest move that seeks to end 
-Thy vain career.+\\ Thy vain career.
  
 With what misgivings seest thou With what misgivings seest thou
-The clear handwriting on the wall— +\\ The clear handwriting on the wall— 
-The words of doom that e’er recall +\\ The words of doom that e’er recall 
-The fate of thy deceiving pall— +\\ The fate of thy deceiving pall— 
-Duality.+\\ Duality.
  
 The doom that is most merciful; The doom that is most merciful;
-That ends hallucination’s throes, +\\ That ends hallucination’s throes, 
-And frees thee from thy fancied foes, +\\ And frees thee from thy fancied foes, 
-And brings to all thy countless woes— +\\ And brings to all thy countless woes— 
-Oblivion.+\\ Oblivion.
  
 Ah self, give up! Thy mortal wounds Ah self, give up! Thy mortal wounds
-Are deep—thy efforts to regain +\\ Are deep—thy efforts to regain 
-Are futile. Sing now thy last refrain— +\\ Are futile. Sing now thy last refrain— 
-That which must ever be but pain, +\\ That which must ever be but pain, 
-“Adieu forever!”+\\ “Adieu forever!”
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