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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A LIVING HOPE, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poet's Biography
First Line: I like the sweet, old fashioned phrase
Last Line: It lives -- and never dies.
Subject(s): Hope; Optimism
First Line: I like the sweet, old fashioned phrase
Last Line: It lives -- and never dies.
Subject(s): Hope; Optimism
I like the sweet, old-fashioned phrase,
"A living hope in Christ";
How many saints of elder days
It gloriously sufficed!
"A living hope" -- why, then it breathes,
And fashions kindly speech;
With cheery song its life enwreathes,
With courage dares to teach.
"A living hope" -- why, then it walks,
With steady step and swift,
Where beggars crouch and evil stalks,
And brings the needed gift.
"A living hope" -- it labors then,
It laughs, and, pitying, sighs;
It lives the life of earthly men,
It lives -- and never dies.
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