Know then, whatever cheerful and serene
Supports the mind, supports the body too:
Hence, the most vital read more

Know then, whatever cheerful and serene
Supports the mind, supports the body too:
Hence, the most vital movement mortals feel
Is hope, the balm and lifeblood of the soul.

Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day
do I declare that I will read more

Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day
do I declare that I will render double unto thee;
When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and
raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made
thee as the sword of a mighty man.

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you read more

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human enough hope to make you happy.

Those who wish to sing always find a song.

Those who wish to sing always find a song.

If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes

If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise

Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.

Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.

But thou, O hope, with eyes so fair,
What was thy delighted measure?
Still it whisper'd promised read more

But thou, O hope, with eyes so fair,
What was thy delighted measure?
Still it whisper'd promised pleasure,
And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail!

Hope is a strange invention-- A Patent of the Heart-- In unremitting action Yet never wearing out.

Hope is a strange invention-- A Patent of the Heart-- In unremitting action Yet never wearing out.