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HOPE.
What is Hope? The sages tell us 'T is a vision soon destroyed,Painting life in glowing colors Never meant to be enjoyed,
Oft deceiving careless youth With many an idle, vain presage,Maturer years still flattering on, Till disappointed by old age.
Yet, if hope smooths The rugged path of life, And kindly soothesWoes else 't were hard to bear,Successfully opposes fell despair,
