HOPE, FEAR, AND DOUBT, by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEYPoet AnalysisPoet's Biography
First Line: Such hope, as is the sick despair of good Last Line: Is powerless, and the spirit ...
SUCH hope, as is the sick despair of good, Such fear, as is the certainty of ill, Such doubt, as is pale Expectation's food Turned while she tastes to poison, when the will Is powerless, and the spirit ...