Work without Hope draws nectar in a sieve, And Hope without an object cannot live.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Work Without Hope; Complete closing couplet. Full public-domain sonnet read in Academy of American Poets edition. The speaker contrasts nature’s activity with personal despondency; hope needs an object.
- Work Without Hope
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