Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HOPE, by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON



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First Line: Is not the lark companion of the spring?
Last Line: Sweet as the tender myrtle.
Alternate Author Name(s): L. E. L.; Maclean, Letitia
Subject(s): Hope; Optimism


IS not the lark companion of the spring?
And should not Hope -- that skylark of the heart --
Bear, with her sunny song, Youth company?
Still is its sweetest music poured for love;
And that is not for me; yet will I love,
And hope, though only for her praise and tears;
And they will make the laurel's cold bright leaves
Sweet as the tender myrtle.





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