Edward Young on Hope

“Hope of all passions, most befriends us here”

“Confiding, though confounded; hoping on, Untaught by trial, unconvinced by proof, And ever looking for the never-seen.”

“Hope, like a cordial, innocent, though strong, Man's heart, at once, inspirits, and serenes, Nor makes him pay his wisdom for his joys.”

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