You know how sometimes one thing leads to another – well, I was
reading a poem by Emily Dickinson about hope, when I thought of a well
known quotation by Alexander Pope, the English poet who was born in
London 21 May 1688 and died 30 May 1744: “Hope springs eternal in the
human breast: Man never is, but always to be blest. The soul, uneasy
and confined from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come.”
Here is that poem by Emily Dickinson:
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,
And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.
I’ve heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.
The word “hope” appears 141 times in the New American Standard Bible
and 129 times in the King James Version of the Bible.
Here are two Bible verses that mention the word “hope”:
Romans 15:13
13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing,
that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
~ New American Standard Bible
1 Corinthians 13:13
13 But now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of
these is love.
~ New American Standard Bible
For a collection of quotations, visit:
http://www.all-creatures.org/quote.html
For poetry and stories, visit:
http://www.all-creatures.org/poetrydir.html
