Hope, withering, fled--and Mercy sighed farewell.

Hope, withering, fled--and Mercy sighed farewell.

Hope costs nothing

Hope costs nothing

For the hopes of men have been justly called waking dreams.

For the hopes of men have been justly called waking dreams.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

With life many things are remedied.
(While there's life there's hope.)
[Sp., Con la vida muchas cosas read more

With life many things are remedied.
(While there's life there's hope.)
[Sp., Con la vida muchas cosas se remedian.]

For hope is but the dream of those that wake. -Matthew Prior.

For hope is but the dream of those that wake. -Matthew Prior.

We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation.

We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation.

But thou, O hope, with eyes so fair,
What was thy delighted measure?
Still it whisper'd promised read more

But thou, O hope, with eyes so fair,
What was thy delighted measure?
Still it whisper'd promised pleasure,
And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail!

"Hope" is the thing with feathers- That perches in the soul- And sings the tunes without the words- And never read more

"Hope" is the thing with feathers- That perches in the soul- And sings the tunes without the words- And never stops- at all- .