Emily Dickinson's "Hope is the Thing with Feathers"
performed by Trailer Bride:
“Hope” is the 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.
This powerful poem has been used many times to express how humans find dignity through hope.
McDonald's Commercial looking at hope as a tangible entity: