On Emily Dickinson’s Poem, Hope.

The second verse of Hope, 
Could not remember it.

Bravery in storms at night? 
Fierce in face of foe?

Tried to get it for a while,
My brain curving.
No.

When I looked it up,
Revelation dawned.

The sweetest and the meekest,
Can accomplish more.
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