"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.

BY: EMILY DICKENSON

FROM THE BOOK "CAROLINE KENNEDY - A FAMILY OF POEMS - MY FAVORITE POETRY FOR CHILDREN"

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