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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HOPE; A RONDEAU, by CHARLOTTE SMITH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Just like hope is yonder bow
Last Line: Glows with hope.
Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Charlotte Turner
Subject(s): Hope; Optimism
First Line: Just like hope is yonder bow
Last Line: Glows with hope.
Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Charlotte Turner
Subject(s): Hope; Optimism
JUST like Hope is yonder bow,
That from the center bends so low,
Where bright prismatic colours shew
How gems of heavenly radiance glow,
Just like Hope!
Yet if, to the illusion new,
The pilgrim should the arch pursue,
Farther and farther from his view,
It flies; then melts in chilling dew,
Just like Hope!
Ye fade, ethereal hues! for ever,
While, cold Reason, thy endeavour
Sooths not that sad heart, which never
Glows with Hope.
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