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.
Stanzas For Music: They Say That Hope Is Happiness
George Gordon Byron
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Poem topics: future, happiness, lost, rose, genuine, love, I love you, hope, memory, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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