[BNP/E3, 49A2 – 11]

23/1/09.

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Seldom have I so inly comprehended

With a deep sense so awful and so rude

My complete being’s complete solitude

In all its arid[1] loneliness extended

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So wholly solitude, so much[2] unblended

With aught else, good or ill, that might intrude

Upon its horror limitless and mude

Whereat my reason[3] reels, |not by {…} defended|.

And swore it from itself {…}

And make broken his diverse or ended 

 
[1] arid /sterile\
[2] much /all\
[3] reason /mind\