In grayish doubt and black despair,
I drafted hymns to the earth and the air,
pretending to joy, although I lacked it.
The age had made lament redundant.

So here's the question -- who can answer it --
Was he a brave man or a hypocrite?

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Poet: Czeslaw Milosz
Poem: In Black Despair
Volume: New and Collected Poems: 1931-2001
Year: Published/Written in 2001
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