Once in a stately passion
I cried with desperate grief,
'O Lord, my heart is black with guile,
Of sinners I am chief.'
Source: From My QuoteList..., by Sanjay; an internet collection of quotations.
-- James Thomson, (Nov 23 1834-1882), Scottish poet, essayist; He was best known for The City of Dreadful Night, about his despair of political affairs.