Read the poem: “When I hoped I feared”

by Emily Dickinson

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American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson
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Where every bird is bold to go > > >

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When I hoped I feared

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When I hoped I feared,

Since I hoped I dared;

Everywhere alone

As a church remain;

Spectre cannot harm,

Serpent cannot charm;

He deposes doom,

Who hath suffered him.

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< < < What soft, cherubic creatures
Where every bird is bold to go > > >

American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson

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