Despair is a welcome to death.

Death-dealing despair was the only idea of which I was sensible.

Despair was the inspiration of that hungry cry.

There are cases," he continued, "yes, there are, where comfort is a lie, and despair is a duty.

The eunuch answered, "If you will condescend to sprinkle rose-water on him with your own royal hands, and say a kind word to him, then there may be hopes of his living; despair is a bad thing; the world exists through hope."

Then haste to choose That better part, Nor dare refuse The Lord thy heart, Lest he declare, 'I know you not,' And deep despair Should be your lot.

Prometheus is unbound now; and his despair is only a memory sanctifying his present happiness.

If on the Ka'bah bent, thou brave the desert sand, Though from the acacias thorn thy foot be torn, Despair not, Heart, should the flood of death life's fabric sweep away, Noah shall steer the ark o'er billows dark: Despair not, Though perilous the stage, though out of sight the goal, Whither soe'er we wend, there is an end:

Who can forget that, when despair was the Colonists' daily bread, when nought but the energy and genius of Smitha man of very ordinary name, but of no ordinary characterkept hope flickering in its socket, an attack of Indians made him a prisoner, and left them hopeless.

Giant Despair is a living giant.

knowing her character so well, you could imagine that the despair she pretended at the sight of your indifference increasing every day, could be the effect of a veritable passion?