The Mind
Hope
From Miscellany Poems, on Several Occasions (1713)
The MindReligion
The Tree of Knowledge, which in Eden prove'd
The Tree of Life, was thence to heaven remov'd:
Hope is the growth of earth, the only plant
Which enter Heaven, or Paradise cou'd want;
Hell knows it not, to us alone confined,
And cordial only to the human mind;
Receive it then to' expel these mortal cares,
Nor waive a med'cine, which thy God prepares.
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Codex Note
An eight-line poem on hope as the one plant of earth that Heaven or Paradise could want.
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MLA
Finch, Anne, Countess of Winchilsea. “Hope.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/finch/21/.
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Finch, Anne, Countess of Winchilsea. “Hope.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/finch/21/.
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