Chapter HONOURING to HOPE of Index by Grocott's Quotations - Alpha

Who against hope believed in hope.

Romans.—Chap. IV. Verse 18. (The faith of Abraham.)

Hope withering fled—and Mercy sighed farewell!

Byron.—The Corsair, Canto 1.

HOPE.—In life’s rough tide I sunk not down,
But swam till Fortune threw a rope,
Buoyant on bladders filled with hope.

Green.—The Spleen, Line 50.

While there is life, there’s hope, he cried,
Then why such haste?—so groan’d and died.

Gay.—Fable 27. Colley Cibber.—The Double Gallant, Act V. Scene 1.