Alas! I have nor hope nor health,
Nor peace within nor calm around,
Nor that content surpassing wealth
The sage in meditation found,
And walked with inward glory crowned --
Nor fame, nor power, nor love, nor leisure.
Others I see whom these surround --
Smiling they live, and call life pleasure;
To me that cup has been dealt in another measure.
-- Percy Bysshe Shelley. "Stanzas Written in Dejection, Near Naples" (1818)