“"Hope" is the thing with feathers — That perches in the soul — And sings the tune without the words — And never stops — at all —”

Poem 254 ("Hope" is the thing with feathers)

“The Brain — is wider than the Sky — For — put them side by side — The one the other will contain — With ease — and You — beside —”

Poem 632 (The Brain — is wider than the Sky)

“A Bird came down the Walk — He did not know I saw — He bit an Angleworm in halves — And ate the fellow, raw —”

Poem 328 (A Bird came down the Walk)