From the recordings Rowan Pierce, Soprano and American Lyrics
This is one of the best-known poems by Emily Dickinson, in which she likens hope to a feathered bird perched in the soul of every human soul. Hope sings in your soul, even when times are tough.
It was written in 1862.
See the poem here - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42889/hope-is-the-thing-with-feathers-314
Lyrics
“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.