Said God, 'You sisters, ere ye go <br />Down among men, my work to do, <br />I will on each a badge bestow: <br />Hope I love best, and gold for her, <br />Yet a silver glory for Despair, <br />For she is my angel too.' <br />Then like a queen, Despair <br />Put on the stars to wear. <br />But Hope took ears of corn, and round <br />Her temples in a wreath them bound.-- <br />Which think ye lookt the more fair?<br /><br />Lascelles Abercrombie<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/hope-and-despair-5/
