Fugitive Poetry. 1600–1878/Hope

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Fugitive Poetry. 1600–1878
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4768603Fugitive Poetry. 1600–1878 — HopeJ. C. Hutchieson

Hope.

In hope a king doth go to war; In hope a lover lives full long;In hope a merchant sails full far; In hope just men do suffer wrong;In hope the ploughman sows his seed:Thus hope helps thousands at their need.Then faint not, heart among the rest;Whatever chance, hope thou the best.

1606.