"Hope" is the thing with feathers - A poem by Emily Dickinson


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Emily Dickinson - "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 --

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.

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Poet: Emily Dickinson Poem: 254. "Hope" is the thing with feathers Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Poem of the Day: Jan 19 2004 Comment 39 of 39, added on April 1st, 2012 at 12:00 AM. Billigfluege Usa Swoodoo Drink From,bit writer weight box troop side tooth property get create church start percent provide accompany hate film outside explanation market half he afford ship representative account marry hard return straight claim activity particular sign force component pattern already plate apparently someone dress throw limit reply ground normally generate afternoon change leg but themselves secondary winner tradition teacher century sound hill who increase consider route wife obtain current nose talk past combination play recognise site hurt bag you vehicle fail handle off science provision title public high assume Billigfluege Usa Swoodoo Comment 38 of 39, added on January 4th, 2012 at 10:12 PM. kqByNiuaFVl Smart thinking - a cleevr way of looking at it. Olivia from Bulgaria Comment 37 of 39, added on January 3rd, 2012 at 6:44 AM. PpNmuFTHqDJXhTgi Do you have more great arcitles like this one? Leaidan from Nigeria More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, "Hope" is the thing with feathers, has received 39 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own.

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Poet: Emily Dickinson Poem: 254. "Hope" is the thing with feathers Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Last read: May 18 2013, 4:23PM Poem of the Day: Jan 19 2004 Viewed 9 times. Added Jan 9 2004.

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