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Mar 2, 2010 6:24 AM CST Hope
tennesseejudy
tennesseejudytennesseejudyNew Holland, Pennsylvania USA54 Threads 2 Polls 1,540 Posts
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,

And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.

I've heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me. -Emily Dickinson

snowed in rose daisy
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Mar 2, 2010 6:36 AM CST Hope
USThumper
USThumperUSThumperMexico, New York USA4 Threads 3,957 Posts
There is hope for you yet, Honhug bouquet
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Mar 2, 2010 6:37 AM CST Hope
BUNIQUE
BUNIQUEBUNIQUEWorcester County, Massachusetts USA10 Posts
tennesseejudy: Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,

And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.

I've heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me. -Emily Dickinson


I always liked this poem, it says so much to me. it only takes a small amount of hope for love to begin.

Here is another I like by Emily Dickinson it is about humility.

It's all I have to bring today by Emily Dickinson

It's all I have to bring today --
This, and my heart beside --
This, and my heart, and all the fields --
And all the meadows wide --
Be sure you count -- should I forget
Some one the sum could tell --
This, and my heart, and all the Bees
Which in the Clover dwell.
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Mar 2, 2010 6:53 AM CST Hope
tennesseejudy
tennesseejudytennesseejudyNew Holland, Pennsylvania USA54 Threads 2 Polls 1,540 Posts
BUNIQUE: I always liked this poem, it says so much to me. it only takes a small amount of hope for love to begin.

Here is another I like by Emily Dickinson it is about humility.

It's all I have to bring today by Emily Dickinson

It's all I have to bring today --
This, and my heart beside --
This, and my heart, and all the fields --
And all the meadows wide --
Be sure you count -- should I forget
Some one the sum could tell --
This, and my heart, and all the Bees
Which in the Clover dwell.


Love itflower Thanks.

Good morning, Mr Thumperbouquet Snow there too?
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Mar 2, 2010 7:00 AM CST Hope
USThumper
USThumperUSThumperMexico, New York USA4 Threads 3,957 Posts
tennesseejudy: Love it Thanks.

Good morning, Mr Thumper Snow there too?
Not right at the moment, but there are supposed to be flurries for the next several days. But 31, cloudy, and damp are bad enough.hug bouquet
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Mar 2, 2010 7:05 AM CST Hope
lovely4u7da
lovely4u7dalovely4u7dachicago, Illinois USA32 Threads 1,337 Posts
Hope is a mighty powerful thing may we never give up hope
where there is life there is hope
can`t have faith without hope
nice poem angel
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Mar 2, 2010 7:28 AM CST Hope
hopefloats
hopefloatshopefloatsSlim's Lady, Tennessee USA51 Threads 6,660 Posts
Nice thread sis!heart wings bouquet daisy
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Mar 2, 2010 8:14 AM CST Hope
Big_John
Big_JohnBig_JohnOcean Springs, Mississippi USA19 Threads 9,767 Posts
Hope by Friedrich von Schiller

We speak with the lip, and we dream in the soul,
Of some better and fairer day;
And our days, the meanwhile, to that golden goal
Are gliding and sliding away.
Now the world becomes old, now again it is young,
But "The better" 's forever the word on the tongue.

At the threshold of life hope leads us in--
Hope plays round the mirthful boy;
Though the best of its charms may with youth begin,
Yet for age it reserves its toy.



Spring brings new hope for us. With Spring just around the corner we start to think about new hope for the things we desire. It is time to hope.....wave
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Mar 2, 2010 9:27 AM CST Hope
wonderworker
wonderworkerwonderworkercosby, Tennessee USA201 Threads 2 Polls 1,883 Posts
"Out-worn heart,in a time out-worn,
come clear of the nets of wrong and right.
Laugh,heart again in the gray twilight,
sigh heart again in the dew of the morn.

Come heart where hill is heaped upon hill,
for there the mystical brotherhood,
of sun and moon and hollow and wood,
and the changing stars ,work out their will.

Where God stands winding his lonely horn,
and time and world are ever in flight.
And love is less kind than the gray twilight,
and hope is less dear than the dew of the morn."

William Butler Yeats

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Mar 2, 2010 10:15 AM CST Hope
GingerBe
GingerBeGingerBeDonegal, Ireland2 Threads 3,106 Posts
To Hope by John Keats

When by my solitary hearth I sit,
And hateful thoughts enwrap my soul in gloom;
When no fair dreams before my "mind's eye" flit,
And the bare heath of life presents no bloom;
Sweet Hope, ethereal balm upon me shed,
And wave thy silver pinions o'er my head!

Whene'er I wander, at the fall of night,
Where woven boughs shut out the moon's bright ray,
Should sad Despondency my musings fright,
And frown, to drive fair Cheerfulness away,
Peep with the moonbeams through the leafy roof,
And keep that fiend Despondence far aloof!

Should Disappointment, parent of Despair,
Strive for her son to seize my careless heart;
When, like a cloud, he sits upon the air,
Preparing on his spell-bound prey to dart:
Chase him away, sweet Hope, with visage bright,
And fright him as the morning frightens night!

Whene'er the fate of those I hold most dear
Tells to my fearful breast a tale of sorrow,
O bright-eyed Hope, my morbidfancy cheer;
Let me awhile thy sweetest comforts borrow:
Thy heaven-born radiance around me shed,
And wave thy silver pinions o'er my head!

Should e'er unhappy love my bosom pain,
From cruel parents, or relentless fair;
O let me think it is not quite in vain
To sigh out sonnets to the midnight air!
Sweet Hope, ethereal balm upon me shed,
And wave thy silver pinions o'er my head!

In the long vista of the years to roll,
Let me not see our country's honour fade:
O let me see our land retain her soul,
Her pride, her freedom; and not freedom's shade.
From thy bright eyes unusual brightness shed---
Beneath thy pinions canopy my head!

Let me not see the patriot's high bequest,
Great Liberty! how great in plain attire!
With the base purple of a court oppress'd,
Bowing her head, and ready to expire:
But let me see thee stoop from heaven on wings
That fill the skies with silver glitterings!

And as, in sparkling majesty, a star
Gilds the bright summit of some gloomy cloud;
Brightening the half veil'd face of heaven afar:
So, when dark thoughts my boding spirit shroud,
Sweet Hope, celestial influence round me shed,
Waving thy silver pinions o'er my head
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Mar 2, 2010 10:31 AM CST Hope
wonderworker
wonderworkerwonderworkercosby, Tennessee USA201 Threads 2 Polls 1,883 Posts
GingerBe: To Hope by John Keats

When by my solitary hearth I sit,
And hateful thoughts enwrap my soul in gloom;
When no fair dreams before my "mind's eye" flit,
And the bare heath of life presents no bloom;
Sweet Hope, ethereal balm upon me shed,
And wave thy silver pinions o'er my head!

Whene'er I wander, at the fall of night,
Where woven boughs shut out the moon's bright ray,
Should sad Despondency my musings fright,
And frown, to drive fair Cheerfulness away,
Peep with the moonbeams through the leafy roof,
And keep that fiend Despondence far aloof!

Should Disappointment, parent of Despair,
Strive for her son to seize my careless heart;
When, like a cloud, he sits upon the air,
Preparing on his spell-bound prey to dart:
Chase him away, sweet Hope, with visage bright,
And fright him as the morning frightens night!

Whene'er the fate of those I hold most dear
Tells to my fearful breast a tale of sorrow,
O bright-eyed Hope, my morbidfancy cheer;
Let me awhile thy sweetest comforts borrow:
Thy heaven-born radiance around me shed,
And wave thy silver pinions o'er my head!

Should e'er unhappy love my bosom pain,
From cruel parents, or relentless fair;
O let me think it is not quite in vain
To sigh out sonnets to the midnight air!
Sweet Hope, ethereal balm upon me shed,
And wave thy silver pinions o'er my head!

In the long vista of the years to roll,
Let me not see our country's honour fade:
O let me see our land retain her soul,
Her pride, her freedom; and not freedom's shade.
From thy bright eyes unusual brightness shed---
Beneath thy pinions canopy my head!

Let me not see the patriot's high bequest,
Great Liberty! how great in plain attire!
With the base purple of a court oppress'd,
Bowing her head, and ready to expire:
But let me see thee stoop from heaven on wings
That fill the skies with silver glitterings!

And as, in sparkling majesty, a star
Gilds the bright summit of some gloomy cloud;
Brightening the half veil'd face of heaven afar:
So, when dark thoughts my boding spirit shroud,
Sweet Hope, celestial influence round me shed,
Waving thy silver pinions o'er my head


Poor Keats
How long did he live? Mid-twenties?

I believe it was Keats who penned his own epitaph.
"Here lies one whose name was writ on water"

Did I get that right?
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Mar 2, 2010 10:40 AM CST Hope
HJFinAZ
HJFinAZHJFinAZSun CIty, Arizona USA870 Threads 1 Polls 17,068 Posts
Well, like I always say, "hope", "want", "Wish" in one hand, crap in the other.. See which one fills up first..grin



tongue
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Mar 2, 2010 5:45 PM CST Hope
tennesseejudy
tennesseejudytennesseejudyNew Holland, Pennsylvania USA54 Threads 2 Polls 1,540 Posts
Spring brings new hope for us. With Spring just around the corner we start to think about new hope for the things we desire. It is time to hope.....

Yes, Spring!

The air was full of sun and birds,
The fresh air sparkled clearly.
Remembrance wakened in my heart
And I knew I loved her dearly.

The fallows and the leafless trees
And all my spirit tingled.
My earliest thought of love, and Spring's
First puff of perfume mingled.

In my still heart the thoughts awoke,
Came lone by lone together -
Say, birds and Sun and Spring, is Love
A mere affair of weather? -Robert Louis Stevenson
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