Sjung i bedrövelsens mörker (1990)

"Friend, in the desolate time, when your soul is enshrouded in darkness, When, in a deep abyss, memory and feeling die out, Intellect timidly gropes among shadowy forms and illusions...". Erik Johan Stagnelius was a Swedish Romantic poet and playwright. He was notably gloomy and lived alone for most of his short life. A woman who knew him, said of his appearance "where in this shabby person lies the beauty which his poetry expresses?".