"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.

Emily Dickinson