"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all."
"The poet lights the light and fades away. But the light goes on and on."
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Source: Emily Dickinson, Frances Schoonmaker Bolin (1994). “Emily Dickinson”, p.7, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
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