![]() ![]() Famously reclusive, this 19th-century American poet remained largely unpublished during her lifetime, by her own choice. ![]() What is hope? Why do we feel hope? And why is hope so important to us? In a story from Greek mythology, hope was famously the only item to remain in Pandora’s box after it released the evils of the world, demonstrating just how valuable hope is to us: had hope escaped from our possession, humanity would have been unable to survive the evils of the world.Įmily Dickinson believed in the power and value of hope just as strongly. Gibbs Smith: Layton, Utah, 2019 originally published in 1891, believed to have been written in 1861. Johnson, Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Copyright © 1951, 1955, 1979, 1983 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. “Hope” is the thing with feathers by Emily Dickinson, from THE POEMS OF EMILY DICKINSON, edited by Thomas H. ![]()
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