Hope' is the thing with feathers — That perches in the soul… - Emily Dickinson

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Hope' is the thing with feathers — That 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 storm — That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm — I’ve heard it in the chillest land — And on the strangest Sea — Yet — never — in Extremity,
It asked a crumb — of me.

Emily Dickinson

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Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Virtually unknown in her lifetime, Dickinson has come to be regarded as one of the greatest American poets of the 19th century. Although she wrote (at latest count) 1789 poems, only a few of them were published in her lifetime, all anonymously, and some perhaps without her knowledge.

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Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all.

Hope is the thing with feathers

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all.

Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches on the soul,
And sings the tune without words,
And never stops at all.

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.

hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all

"Hope" is the thing with feathers — That 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 storm — That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm —

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