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BE HOPEFUL: 4. THE RESUME by JANET HAMILTON

First Line: BE HOPEFUL, SWEET SINGER; MAN MAY NOT RAISE
Last Line: DROPPED FROM HER PINIONS, IS TRUSTFUL AND CALM.
Subject(s): HOPE; OPTIMISM;
Be hopeful, sweet singer; man may not raise
To lays that thou pourest high pæans of praise:
The nightingale's song will ever delight,
Though sung in the gloom and silence of night.

Beautiful maiden, may never envy
Blanch thy sweet roses and dim thy bright eye:
Purity, innocence, God is thy guide,
Angels shall guard and watch by thy side.

Bright stream, we bless thee; we trace thee afar
Down the green valley; Hope's beautiful star
Gleams on thy bosom; may never again
Wild fires of passion thy life-current drain.

Be hopeful, hope ever; hope never dies;
In midst of our sorrows hope ever lies:
The hot brow of anguish, cooled by the balm
Dropped from her pinions, is trustful and calm.



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