So fallen! so lost! the light withdrawn
Which once he wore!
The glory from his gray hairs gone
Forevermore!

These lines lament a dramatic moral or spiritual collapse: someone once marked by “light” and “glory” is now “fallen” and “lost,” with that radiance “withdrawn” permanently. The emphasis on “gray hairs” suggests an older figure whose age should have conferred dignity, wisdom, or honor, making the loss feel especially tragic—an end-of-life disgrace rather than a youthful misstep. The repeated exclamations and short, broken lineation heighten the sense of shock and irreversible finality (“Forevermore!”), framing the fall as not merely personal but emblematic: a warning about how reputations, ideals, or public trust can be forfeited, and how the loss of moral authority can eclipse a lifetime’s accumulated esteem.