Poems (Sherwin)/Hope and disappointment

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HOPE AND DISAPPOINTMENT.
What is hope? a beauteous flower  That blooming courts the youthful hand It grows in every earthly bower,  By gentle, genial breezes fanned.
But still, as each fond anxious wretch  Attempts to pluck it from the stem, Scarce can his trembling finger stretch,  E'er disappointment snaps the gem.
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