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HOPE
Gay visions of hope! be ye near on the day
When the phantoms of sorrow encumber my way;
And when memory lingers with sorrowing eye,
To gaze on the wrecks of the past, be ye nigh—
Still point to the future, and promise me joy
Which grief cannot darken, nor mem'ry alloy.
When the phantoms of sorrow encumber my way;
And when memory lingers with sorrowing eye,
To gaze on the wrecks of the past, be ye nigh—
Still point to the future, and promise me joy
Which grief cannot darken, nor mem'ry alloy.
Bright sunshine of hope! let thy gladdening ray
Chase the darkness of wo from life's varying way;
Let the gloom of regret from thy radiance depart,
And no longer o'er shadow the joys of my heart.
Let thy light-giving glories beam evermore there,
To free it from all the dull mists of despair.
Chase the darkness of wo from life's varying way;
Let the gloom of regret from thy radiance depart,
And no longer o'er shadow the joys of my heart.
Let thy light-giving glories beam evermore there,
To free it from all the dull mists of despair.
Star of hope! though the night of misfortune should fall
On the dreams of my spirit, and darken them all,
Though adversity stretch her dark wings on my path
And pour on my head all her vials of wrath—
To lighten my woes, when all else is denied,
Be thou the fair beacon my footsteps to guide.
On the dreams of my spirit, and darken them all,
Though adversity stretch her dark wings on my path
And pour on my head all her vials of wrath—
To lighten my woes, when all else is denied,
Be thou the fair beacon my footsteps to guide.
Haverhill Gazette, February 10, 1827
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