"Hope springs eternal

"He trudged along, unknowing what he sought."

Sam Adams was an old man.
Filled with regrets.
At things done
And things not done.

Filled with hope.
Of things yet to come

As he trudged along
Unknowing what he sought.
Waiting for what
Was to come.
Around the bend

Relishing yet fearing
Adventures yet ahead
Friends to be made.
Enemies to vanquished.

Before he left
This mortal pane
For the other world

Sam thought of the adage.
“Hope springs eternal
In the human breast”

And pleased with himself.
Drank a cup of coffee.
Contemplating the morning sun.


Aug 4th, 1855, saw the publication of the first edition of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations.

Here's a list of quotes I randomly picked out from it. Write your story or poem using one of these quotations as your title (or sub-title), and then use a second one within the body of the story/poem itself. Integrate the quote into your work - don't just stick it in as a quote. (E.g., don't just punt and write something like, "As the poet says: '...'"

Be sure to put in boldface the quote that's in the body of your work. (You don't need to boldface the one in the title).


"He trudged along, unknowing what he sought."
"She hugged the offender, and forgave the offense."
"The glass of fashion."
"Stone walls do not a prison make."
"Yet man is born unto trouble."
"On their own merits, modest men are dumb."
"Who drives fat oxen should himself be fat."
"Hope springs eternal in the human breast."
"How charming is divine philosophy."
"There's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow."