Hope is a Strange Invention

"Hope is a Strange Invention" is the second song in Lori Laitman's song cycle One Bee and Revery.

Date: 2003Composer: Lori LaitmanText: Emily DickinsonSong Collection: One Bee and Revery

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Hope is a Strange Invention
by Emily Dickinson

Hope is a strange invention —
A Patent of the Heart —
In unremitting action
Yet never wearing out —

Of this electric Adjunct
Not anything is known
But its unique momentum
Embellish all we own —

Sheet Music

One Bee and Revery

Composer(s): Lori Laitman

Song(s): 1. The Butterfly Upon
2. Hope is a Strange Invention
3. To Make a Prairie

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