THEY SAY THAT HOPE IS HAPPINESS.
"Felix qui potuit ferum cognoscere causas."—Virgil.
They say that Hope is happiness;
But genuine Love must prize the past,
And mem'ry wakes the thoughts that bless:
They rose the first—they set the last;
And all that mem'ry loves the most
Was once our only hope to be,
And all that Hope ador'd and lost
Hath melted into memory.