To hope means to be ready at every moment for that which is not yet born, and yet not become desperate if there is no birth in our lifetime.
hope
Hope is the thing with feathersThat perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all, And sweetest in the gale is heard; And sore must be the stormThat could abash the little birdThat kept so many warm.I've heard it in the chilliest landAnd on the strangest sea; Yet, never, in extremity, It asked a crumb of me.
hope poetry
A great hope fellYou heard no noiseThe ruin was within.