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Hope is a strange invention—
A Patent of the Heart—
In unremitting action
Yet never wearing out—

Of this electric Adjunct
Not anything is known
But its unique momentum
Embellish all we own—

Edited by Peter Carter

Added: 2 Apr 2003 | Last Read: 7 Jun 2025 5:47 PM | Viewed: 11002 times

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