Hope is the thing with feathers

Hope is [the]1 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.

by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) , no title, from Poems by Emily Dickinson, published 1891

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Leonard Berkowitz (1926-) , "Hope", published 1968 [SATB chorus a cappella], from Four Songs on Poems of Emily Dickinson, no. ?
by Gordon Ware Binkerd (1916-2003) , "Hope is the thing with feathers" [chorus: SSAA a cappella]
by Otto Luening (1900-1996) , "Hope is the thing with feathers", published 1961 [medium voice and piano], from Songs to Poems of Emily Dickinson, no. ?
by Robert Starer , "Hope is the thing with feathers", published 1977. [chorus: SATB a cappella]
by William Sydeman (1928-) , "Hope is a thing with feathers", published 1970 [soprano or tenor and violoncello], from Three Songs after Emily Dickinson, no. ?

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