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Chauncy Hare Townshend
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“Thus heavenly Hope is all serene, But earthly Hope, how bright soe’er, Still fluctuates o’er this changing scene, As false and fleeting as ’tis fair.”
Chauncy Hare Townshend (1798–1868) first seen 1821 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On Hope", in Amelia Shipley Heber, The Life of Reginald Heber (New York, 1830) vol. 1, p. 489. However, the same lines appear in Chauncy Hare Townshend's Poems (London, 1821) p. 159
Also quoted by: Reginald Heber (disputed)