The Tree of Knowledge we in Eden prov'd; <br />The Tree of Life was thence to Heav'n remov'd: <br />Hope is the growth of Earth, the only Plant, <br />Which either Heav'n, or Paradise cou'd want. <br /> <br /> <br />Hell knows it not, to Us alone confin'd, <br />And Cordial only to the Human Mind. <br />Receive it then, t'expel these mortal Cares, <br />Nor wave a Med'cine, which thy God prepares.<br /><br />Anne Kingsmill Finch<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/hope-18/
