Till you ſhall bid this ſad, world weary ſpirit, / To peaceful regions wing her weary flight.

The drill sergeants are the world weariest of soldiers; and now, goddamit, they have to teach 'girls', no bigger than their kid sisters.

Consider this commentary from a world weary poet, Emily Brontë, a contemporary of [Arthur] Schopenhauer, from "I Am the Only Being" (17th May 1839): 'Twas grief enough to think mankind All hollow, servile, insincere; But worse to turn to my own mind, And find the same corruption there.

One of the problems we have with spirits that make the transition who are not spiritually aware and who have not rediscovered their nature is that they are so very, very sad and world weary.

World weary

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