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Stanzas For Music: They Say That Hope Is Happiness

They say that Hope is happiness;
But genuine Love must prize the past,
And Memory wakes the thoughts that bless:
They rose the first--they set the last;

And all that Memory loves the most
Was once our only Hope to be,
And all that Hope adored and lost
Hath melted into Memory.

Alas it is delusion all:
The future cheats us from afar,
Nor can we be what we recall,
Nor dare we think on what we are.

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  • Aesthete
    August 19
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    This is why I love Byron. His poems like these that speak to truth and life, beautifully, and with a force parallel to your understanding and perception.

    Alas it is delusion all:
    The future cheats us from afar,
    Nor can we be what we recall,
    Nor dare we think on what we are.

    ******** brilliant


  • Ahkam Moderators member
    May 28, 2007
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    Dear Elinor,Thanks for pointing out the missing line.it is being added now


  • Elinor
    January 28, 2007

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    I believe the last line is missing:

    Alas it is delusion all:
    The future cheats us from afar,
    Nor can we be what we recall,
    Nor dare we think on what we are.