During the late antique period, poetic epitaphs became a vital aspect of the epigraphic habit, reflecting the shifting religious and moral sentiments from Classical to Christian values. Epitaph authors constructed hope for a pleasant afterlife using verbs of individual agency and metaphors of astral immortality. This chapter analyzes three verse epitaphs for young women—Theodote, Rhode, and Regina (c. 400s–600s CE)—showing how authors implying agency for “ordinary” Christians foster hope in life after death for both saints and non-martyrs. The making and receiving of poetic inscriptions in late antique Rome aids in mitigating the despair of the bereaved while solidifying communal values, thus perpetuating and cataloging everyday practices of hope.