Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HOPE, by JOSEPH BEAUMONT First Line: Yet still bear up: no bark did e'r Last Line: For hope, is every thing which she is not. Subject(s): Hope; Optimism | ||||||||
YET still bear up: No Bark did e'r By stooping to the storm of fear Scape that Tempests Wrath which rent Two into one Element; Whilst in one Confusion The groaning Air, & weeping Water run. 2 Bear up: & those proud Waves wch dash thee, Shall but onely fairer wash thee. Bear up; & Thou at length shall fynd All these Blusterings are but Winde. Trust Hope, & be Assur'd that She Will fynd thee out an hav'n amidst the Sea. 3 Suspect not any stoney Shelf; No Rock can splitt Thee, but thy Self. Hope casts hir Anchor upward, where No Storm durst ever domineer. Her Hand kinde Shee Holds out to Thee, To bid thee Wellcome to Securitie. 4 O then take her abord, although All other Wares Thou out dost throw; Thy Bark will onely lighter be By Hopes cheerly Companie; Though She doth farr Outweigh whate'r To stopp the Waves wide Mouth's thou threw'st in there. 5 Hope's Ey is fix'd upon a Starr Above the Polar fire as farr As Thou art sunk into Dismay: And She can thither steer thy Way, Whoe nobly by Her mystik Ey Is what She seeth, & in Heavn doth ly. 6 Hope, though slow she be, & late, Yet outrunns swift Time & Fate; And aforehand loves to be With most remote Futuritie. Hope though She dies Immortal is And in fruitions fruit doth fairer rise. 7 Hope, is Comfort in Distress: Hope, is in Misfortune Bliss: Hope, in Sorrow is Delight: Hope, is Day in darkest Night. Nor wonder at This ridling Knot, For Hope, is every Thing which She is not. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOPE IS NOT FOR THE WISE by ROBINSON JEFFERS SONNET by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SPRING FLOODS by MAURICE BARING SONNET: 9. HOPE by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT by DEREK MAHON Γενεθλιακον by JOSEPH BEAUMONT Γενεθλιακον by JOSEPH BEAUMONT A CONCLUSORIE HUMNE TO THE SAME WEEK; & FOR MY FRIEND by JOSEPH BEAUMONT |
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