Hopes vivid beams the fancy cheers As down the slopes of ills we stray Smiles through the wilderness of tears The sunshine of a brighter day

Full Text
Hopes vivid beams the fancy cheers As down the slopes of ills we stray Smiles through the wilderness of tears The sunshine of a brighter day
Listed on Page Number
327
Sampler Worked By
Marilla G. Williams
Date of Sampler
1827
Place Sampler Made
Plainfield, NJ
Sampler Listed on Page
242
Author/Publication/Country/Date
A.C. “Hope,” The Monthly Magazine, 1 January 1809, No. 179, 6 of vol. 26, London: Richard Phillips, 1809, p. 557.
Notes
https://archive.org/details/monthlymagazineo26lond This is the first stanza of this poem, which is only attributed to A.C.