Such hope, as is the sick despair of good, <br />Such fear, as is the certainty of ill, <br />Such doubt, as is pale Expectation’s food <br />Turned while she tastes to poison, when the will <br />Is powerless, and the spirit...<br /><br />Percy Bysshe Shelley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/fragment-such-hope-as-is-the-sick-despair-of-good/