PENSIVE and a Classic Poem

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from Titus Lucretius Carus 145-30 BC

" There is WEIGHT ON THEIR MINDS    
  and a MOUNTAIN OF MISERY LIES ON THEIR HEARTS ...
  FOR EACH     
  NOT KNOWING WHAT HE WANTS
  SEEKS ALWAYS TO CHANGE HIS PLACE
  AS IF HE COULD DROP HIS BURDEN
  HERE IS ONE WHO BORED TO DEATH AT HOME
  GOES FORTH ...
  FROM HIS PALACE ...
  TO HIS COUNTRY HOUSE ...
  HE HAS HARDLY CROSSED THE THRESHOLD WHEN HE YAWNS OR
  SEEKS OBLIVION IN A HEAVY SLEEP OR
  EVEN HURRIES BACK TO THE CITY
  SO EACH MAN FLEES FROM HIMSELF ...
  THE SELF WHICH HE CANNOT ESCAPE
  CLEAVES TO HIM
  ALL THE MORE AGAINST HIS WILL
  HE HATES HIMSELF BECAUSE
  A SICK MAN
  HE DOES NOT KNOW THE CAUSE OF HIS COMPLAINT
  ANY MAN ...
  BEFORE ALL ELSE
  WOULD SEEK TO UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF THINGS "
  from " DE RERUM NATURA "