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Hope.

By John Clare

Topics: classic

This world has suns, but they are overcast;     This world has sweets, but they're of ling'ring bloom;     Life still expects, and empty falls at last;     Warm Hope on tiptoe drops into the tomb.     Life's journey's rough--Hope seeks a smoother way,     And dwells on fancies which to-morrow see,--     To-morrow comes, true copy of to-day,     And empty shadow of what is to be;     Yet cheated Hope on future still depends,     And ends but only when our being ends.     I long have hoped, and still shall hope the best     Till heedless weeds are scrambling over me,     And hopes and ashes both together rest     At journey's end, with them that cease to be.

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About John Clare

John Clare (1793–1864) was an English poet known as the "peasant poet" for his humble origins. His nature poetry—including "I Am" and "Badger"—captures the English countryside with extraordinary precision and emotional honesty, and he is now recognized as one of the finest nature poets in the language.

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