"__ springs eternal"

I believe the answer is:

hope

(Other definitions for hope that I've seen before include "Anticipation" , "Aspiration" , "Companion to faith and charity" , "It alone stayed in Pandora's box" , "Longing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.

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