This Dark Brightness That Falls From The

An Example Is Often A Deceptive Mirror, And The Order Of Destiny, So Troubling To Our Thoughts, Is Not Always Found Written In Things Past

The Crime And Not The Scaffold Makes The Shame.

Alas, I Emerge From One Disaster To Fall Into A Worse.

To Myself Alone Do I Owe My Fame.

Guess, If You Can, And Choose, If You Dare. [lat., Devine, Si Tu Peux, Et Choisis, Si Tu L'oses.]