Poetry of Hope: Classics of Inspirational Verse

Here, alongside Emily Dickinson’s “Hope is the thing with feathers”


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

are many of the great inspirational poems of the English language, including If, Invictus, Amazing Grace, Advice to a girl, No man is an island, Death be not proud, Elegy written in a country churchyard, Jerusalem, Light shining out of darkness, Friendship, She walks in beauty, I remember, I remember, To Althea from prison, The Soldier, Trees, Because I could not stop for death, A thing of beauty, How do I love thee?, and many more.