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Orchestra SKU: IG.OMW201 Composed by Steven Liotta. Score and Parts. Imagine Music Publishing #OMW201. Published by Imagine Music Publishing (IG.OMW201). 9 x 12 in inches.Hope is the thing with feathers, by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), was written in 1861 and first published in 1891. The text presents hope as a quality that shines even throughout adversity and that only hope can help us to remain positive during extreme situations.Dickinson described hope as a bird that perches in the soul. The bird's song never stops, even when life is difficult. The poem suggests that it is hope's presence that keeps each individual moving forward in the face of adversity.Hope is everlasting, ever shining and undefeatable. It liberates us from despair and gives us the strength to move on. It only empowers us and in return demands nothing.

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