What is hope? "Tis but a seedling
Rooting in the sod,
Which with timid strength, upheaving,
Lifts at last the clod
Of the senses' deep depression,
Finding thus the light
And the promise of fruition,—
Understanding's might.
Poems
[Written for the Journal]
HOPE'S PROMISE
From the July 1921 issue of The Christian Science Journal