"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all."
"Tell all the Truth, but tell it slant/Success in Circuit lies."
Source: c.1868 Complete Poems, no.1129 (first published 1945).
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Emily Dickinson
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Emily Dickinson was a 19th-century American poet known for her innovative and introspective poems that delve into themes of death, nature, and identity.
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