Hope is the physician of each misery.

Hope is the physician of each misery.

We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of
continued happiness?
[Fr., Il read more

We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of
continued happiness?
[Fr., Il ne se faut jamais moquer des miserables,
Car qui peut s'assurer d'etre toujours heureux?]

This, this is misery! the last, the worst,
That man can feel.

This, this is misery! the last, the worst,
That man can feel.

The miserable have no other medicine but hope.

The miserable have no other medicine but hope.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

No, misery makes sport to mock itself.

No, misery makes sport to mock itself.

And bear about the mockery of woe
To midnight dances and the public show.

And bear about the mockery of woe
To midnight dances and the public show.

The miserable have no other medicine, But only hope.

The miserable have no other medicine, But only hope.

The worst of misery
Is when a nature framed for noblest things
Condemns itself in youth to read more

The worst of misery
Is when a nature framed for noblest things
Condemns itself in youth to petty joys,
And, sore athirst for air, breathes scanty life
Gasping from out the shallows.