The Service without Hope --
Is tenderest, I think --
Because 'tis unsustained
By stint -- Rewarded Work --
Has impetus of Gain --
And impetus of Goal --
There is no Diligence like that
That knows not an Until --
Classic poem
The Service without Hope --
Public domain/Source
About this poem
- First line
- The Service without Hope --
- Poet
- Emily Dickinson
- Themes
- hope, solitude, war, identity
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