1. ۱O ME! O life!... of the questions of these recurring;
2. ۲Of the endless trains of the faithless—of cities fill’d with the foolish;
3. ۳Of myself forever reproaching myself, (for who more foolish than I, and who more
4. ۴ faithless?)
5. ۵Of eyes that vainly crave the light—of the objects mean—of the struggle ever
6. ۶ renew’d;
7. ۷Of the poor results of all—of the plodding and sordid crowds I see around me;
8. ۸Of the empty and useless years of the rest—with the rest me intertwined;
9. ۹The question, O me! so sad, recurring—What good amid these, O me, O life?
10. ۱۰
11. ۱۱Answer.
12. ۱۲That you are here—that life exists, and identity;
13. ۱۳That the powerful play goes on, and you will contribute a verse.