HOPE.
True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings;
Kings it makes gods, and meaner creatures kings.
King Richard III., Act v. Sc. 2. SHAKESPEARE.
Know then, whatever cheerful and serene
Supports the mind, supports the body too;
Hence, the most vital movement mortals feel
Is hope, the balm and lifeblood of the soul.
Art of Preserving Health, Bk. IV. J. ARMSTRONG.
O welcome, pure-eyed Faith, white-handed Hope,
Thou hovering angel, girt with golden wings!
Comus. MILTON.
Hope! of all ills that men endure,
The only cheap and universal cure!
* * * * *
Hope! thou first-fruits of happiness!
Thou gentle dawning of a bright success!
* * * * *
Brother of Faith! 'twixt whom and thee
The joys of Heaven and Earth divided be!
For Hope. A. COWLEY.
Hope! thou nurse of young desire.
Love in a Village, Act i. Sc. 1. L. BICKERSTAFF.
Hope, like a cordial, innocent though strong,
Man's heart at once inspirits and serenes;
Nor makes him pay his wisdom for his joys.
Night Thoughts, Night VII. DR. E. YOUNG.
Hope, like the glimm'ring taper's light,
Adorns and cheers the way;
And still, as darker grows the night,
Emits a brighter ray.
The Captivity, Act ii. O. GOLDSMITH.
Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.
King Henry IV., Pt. II. Act iv Sc. 4. SHAKESPEARE.
Cease, every joy, to glimmer on my mind,
But leave—oh! leave the light of Hope behind!
The Pleasures of Hope, Pt. II. T. CAMPBELL.
Hope springs eternal in the human breast:
Man never is, but always to be, blest:
The soul, uneasy and confined from home,
Rests and expatiates in a life to come.
Essay on Man, Epistle I. A. POPE.
The wretch condemned with life to part,
Still, still on hope relies;
And every pang that rends the heart
Bids expectation rise.
The Captivity, Act ii. O. GOLDSMITH.
The miserable have no other medicine,
But only hope.
Measure for Measure, Act iii. Sc. 1. SHAKESPEARE.
To hope till hope creates
From its own wreck the thing it contemplates.
Prometheus. Act iv. P.B. SHELLEY.