Emily Dickinson: "Hope is the thing with feathers that…"

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L'espoir est la chose avec des plumes qui se perche dans l'âme

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“That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet”

Emily Dickinson

“If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry ”

“In this short Life that only lasts an hour how much how little is within our power”

“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches”

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