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I WILL HOPE.

I will hope, I will hope,
 Though my pathway be set
With the darkest of sorrows,
 And deepest regret.

I will hope, I will hope,
 Though youth's visions may flee;
I'll believe there is something
 In future for me.

I will launch my frail bark,
 I will breast every gale,
Though my rudder be riven,
 And shattered my sail.