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Literary
May 4, 1835
Lynchburg Virginian
Lynchburg, Virginia
What is this article about?
A poem titled 'HOPE'S BRIGHTER SHORE' from the London Court Journal, personifying Hope as a guide through life's sorrows and mortality toward the eternal, spotless joys of Heaven, sustained by faith.
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POLITICAL.
From the London Court Journal.
HOPE'S BRIGHTER SHORE.
O'er the wild waste th' Autumnal leaf careers,
Nor vale nor mountain now is ripe with flowers,
Nature's fair brow the snow of Winter sears
And all but Hope hath fed her once green bowers
Hope with her sunny hair.
And why thus lonely lingers she, when all
The glorious gifts of Summer are no more?
Her foot already treads Spring's leafy hall.
Her eye sees sunbeams gild the distant shore,
Distant, yet still how fair.
So when the laugh of Childhood and the song
Are heard no longer, as in other days,
Hope, with her rainbow wand, still Leads along
To where, all flush'd with Manhood's noontide rays,
Succeeds a prouder age.
Who loveth Fame? to where her temple stands
Who mad Ambition? there, the laurel waves
All that the majesty of mind commands,
All that the heart of man insatiate craves,
Is found in Hope's bright page.
And yet the mighty majesty of mind,-
Ambition, Fame, are mix'd with earthly leaven
What are their purest joys to the refined
And spotless ones, the promised ones of Heaven
Joys that shall ne'er decay?
The tear of sorrow hath no dwelling there,-
Earth is its birth-place; why should angels weep?
They know not Sorrow, as they know not care,
But, as Life's pilgrim climbs the rugged steep,
They cheer him on his way.
Thrice happy he, whom through each devious path
The lamp of Faith conducts with steady light
A spirit quails not at the tempest's wrath;
He trembles not when lowers the moonless night
Nor fears the ocean's roar.
Oh! life may have its sorrows and its cares,
Yet come they but from sin to purify.
While Death itself, tho power that never spares,
Is but the soul bark of Mortality,
Seeking a brighter shore.
From the London Court Journal.
HOPE'S BRIGHTER SHORE.
O'er the wild waste th' Autumnal leaf careers,
Nor vale nor mountain now is ripe with flowers,
Nature's fair brow the snow of Winter sears
And all but Hope hath fed her once green bowers
Hope with her sunny hair.
And why thus lonely lingers she, when all
The glorious gifts of Summer are no more?
Her foot already treads Spring's leafy hall.
Her eye sees sunbeams gild the distant shore,
Distant, yet still how fair.
So when the laugh of Childhood and the song
Are heard no longer, as in other days,
Hope, with her rainbow wand, still Leads along
To where, all flush'd with Manhood's noontide rays,
Succeeds a prouder age.
Who loveth Fame? to where her temple stands
Who mad Ambition? there, the laurel waves
All that the majesty of mind commands,
All that the heart of man insatiate craves,
Is found in Hope's bright page.
And yet the mighty majesty of mind,-
Ambition, Fame, are mix'd with earthly leaven
What are their purest joys to the refined
And spotless ones, the promised ones of Heaven
Joys that shall ne'er decay?
The tear of sorrow hath no dwelling there,-
Earth is its birth-place; why should angels weep?
They know not Sorrow, as they know not care,
But, as Life's pilgrim climbs the rugged steep,
They cheer him on his way.
Thrice happy he, whom through each devious path
The lamp of Faith conducts with steady light
A spirit quails not at the tempest's wrath;
He trembles not when lowers the moonless night
Nor fears the ocean's roar.
Oh! life may have its sorrows and its cares,
Yet come they but from sin to purify.
While Death itself, tho power that never spares,
Is but the soul bark of Mortality,
Seeking a brighter shore.
What sub-type of article is it?
Poem
What themes does it cover?
Religious
Death Mortality
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Hope
Faith
Heaven
Mortality
Eternal Joys
Life Sorrows
Literary Details
Title
Hope's Brighter Shore.
Key Lines
O'er The Wild Waste Th' Autumnal Leaf Careers,
Hope With Her Sunny Hair.
Joys That Shall Ne'er Decay?
Thrice Happy He, Whom Through Each Devious Path
Seeking A Brighter Shore.