Hope.

Wild seas of tossing, writhing waves,
A wreck half-sinking in the tortuous gloom;
One man clings desperately, while Boreas raves,
     And helps to blot the rays of moon and star,
     Then comes a sudden flash of light, which gleams on shores afar.

Credit

This poem is in the public domain. Published in Poem-a-Day on July 19, 2020 by the Academy of American Poets.

About this Poem

“Hope.” originally appeared in Violets and Other Tales (The Monthly Review, 1895)