"Hope tells a flattering tale, Delusive, vain and hollow. Ah! let not hope prevail, Lest disappointment follow."
— Hope

January 1, 1970

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"Miss Wrother", in the Universal Songster, Volume II, p. 86, as reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 375-78