‘Sperare' from Rome <br />combines with its ‘no' <br />to give us our word ‘despair'. <br /> <br />‘Hoffen' from German <br />gives us ‘hope'— <br />we have no love for ‘spair'. <br /> <br />‘Dreamer' from English <br />(or did it too come from there?) <br />we prefer for ‘one who hopes': <br /> <br />notwithstanding ‘no-hoper' and ‘desperado', <br />‘hoper' lacks irony, <br />and anyone who dares ‘sperado' <br />hears ‘No'.<br /><br />douglas scotney<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/english-hope/
