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AN EPIGRAM, ON THE BLESSEDNESS OF DIVINE LOVE by JOHN BYROM

Poet Analysis

First Line: FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE WERE QUESTION'D WHAT THEY THOUGHT
Last Line: "BELIEVE? EXPECT?"" I KNOW IT TO BE SO."
Subject(s): LOVE;
FAITH, Hope, and Love were question'd what they thought
Of future glory, which religion taught:
Now faith @3believ'd@1 it, firmly, to be true;
And hope @3expected@1 so to find it too;
Love answer'd, smiling with a conscious glow,
@3"Believe? Expect?" I@1 KNOW @3it to be so.@1



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