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— Emily Dickinson

"Hope" is the thing with feathers --

That perches in the soul --

And sings the tune without the words --

And never stops -- at all --

…

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verb

To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.

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warble fly

Part of Speechnoun

Any member of the genus Hypoderma of large flies, parasitic on cattle and deer.

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