Emily Dickinson

ere is no Frigate like a Book To take us Lands away, - See more at: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/19730#sthash.ezIH3QZR.dpuf

There is no Frigate like a Book To take us Lands away, - See more at: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/19730#sthash.ezIH3QZR.dpuf

"There is no Frigate like a Book 

  to take us Lands away." 

Emily Dickinson the great American female poet, published only a few poems during her lifetime, and she did it anonymously but she wrote a lot of them (over 1.800 they say) that were found after her death in her desk, the same you see in the picture below:

Source

She lived recluded in her home and the things we know about her come from her poetry:



Follow the link if you want to know more about Emily Dickinson.
And for those of you who want to practise your English, listen and read the poem: "Many a phrase has the English language". 
And check page 2 if you need some help to understand it.
I hope you enjoy your Dickinson's reading
because "Hope" is the thing with feathers.