Such hope, as is the sick despair of good,
Such fear, as is the certainty of ill,
Such doubt, as is pale Expectation's food
Turned while she tastes to poison, when the will
Is powerless, and the spirit...
Classic poem
Fragment: 'Such Hope, As Is the Sick Despair of Good'
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About this poem
- First line
- Such hope, as is the sick despair of good,
- Poet
- Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Themes
- hope, faith
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