Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOVE, HOPE, AND BEAUTY, by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Love may be increased by fears Last Line: For without hope it dies. Alternate Author Name(s): L. E. L.; Maclean, Letitia Subject(s): Beauty; Hope; Love - Nature Of; Optimism | ||||||||
LOVE may be increased by fears, May be fann'd with sighs, Nurst by fancies, fed by doubts; But without Hope it dies! As in the far Indian isles Dies the young cocoa-tree, Unless within the pleasant shade Of the parent plant it be: So Love may spring up at first, Lighted at Beauty's eyes; -- But Beauty is not all its life, For without Hope it dies. | 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 CALYPSO WATCHING THE OCEAN by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON |
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