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Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all.
- Emily Dickenson
From time immemorial, poetry has provided its readers with a source of comfort and encouragement in times of need. In this superb anthology can be found the best of the English-speaking world's inspirational and reassuring verse, including such classics as Rudyard Kipling's 'If' and W.H. Davies' 'Leisure'. This collection of over 120 poems is sure to offer solace, hearten the soul and motivate the human spirit.
Includes works by Emily Brontë, Robert Burns, Emily Dickinson, George Eliot, John Keats, D.H. Lawrence, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Edna St. Vincent Millay, John Milton, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Walt Whitman, William Wordsworth, and many more.
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all.
- Emily Dickenson
From time immemorial, poetry has provided its readers with a source of comfort and encouragement in times of need. In this superb anthology can be found the best of the English-speaking world's inspirational and reassuring verse, including such classics as Rudyard Kipling's 'If' and W.H. Davies' 'Leisure'. This collection of over 120 poems is sure to offer solace, hearten the soul and motivate the human spirit.
Includes works by Emily Brontë, Robert Burns, Emily Dickinson, George Eliot, John Keats, D.H. Lawrence, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Edna St. Vincent Millay, John Milton, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Walt Whitman, William Wordsworth, and many more.
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4.5
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Maria Harvey
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September 6, 2015
I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS BOOK ..
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david nore
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May 3, 2015
this is a good book
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May 11, 2022
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About the author
Editor John Boyes was born, raised and educated in Montreal. He is the editor and compiler of several anthologies of prose and poetry, including Best-Loved Poems and Poetry of the Civil War. He lives with his wife and daughter outside Stratford, Ontario.
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