希望鑲著羽毛 Hope is the thing with feathers
棲在靈魂裡， That perches in the soul,
唱著無詞的樂曲， And sings the tune without the words,
從來不停 息， And never stops at all,
風越大聲越甜； And sweetest in the gale is heard;
尋常的風暴 And sore must be the storm
休想嚇倒這隻 That could abash the little bird
溫暖眾生的小鳥。 That kept so many warm.
我曾聽它在最寒帶， I，ve heard it in the chillest land,
最遙遠的海外： And on the strangest sea;
卻從不因為潦倒， Yet, never, in extremity,
向我乞討絲毫。 It asked a crumb of me.
賞析：以羽毛狀希望之輕盈溫暖，以歌聲狀其歡欣，以狂風暴雨表示環境的險惡艱難，反襯希望的甜美與鼓舞人心，末節證以敘述者的經驗，同時再用對比的方式，指出希望「予而不取」的偉大。
