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Poems by Mary Baker Eddy                  45

  	                         HOPE 

 1	    TIS borne on the zephyr at eventide's
  	        hour;
 3	    It falls on the heart like the dew
  	        on the flower, — 
  	    An infinite essence from tropic to pole,
 6	    The promise, the home, and the heaven
  	        of Soul. 

  	    Hope happifies life, at the altar or bower,
 9	    And loosens the fetters of pride and of power;
  	    It comes through our tears, as the soft
  	        summer rain,
12	    To beautify, bless, and make joyful again. 

  	    The harp of the minstrel, the treasure of time;
  	    A rainbow of rapture, o'erarching, divine;
15	    The God-given mandate that speaks from
  	        above, — 
  	    No place for earth's idols, but hope thou, and
18	        love.