The closing lines of the stanza ("Yet - never - in Extremity, / It asked a crumb - of me.") adds one final new idea. This is an expansion upon the earlier image of it withstanding powerful winds. These moments demonstrate the range of situations in which the bird ("hope") has been able to provide solace to the speaker. These lines are shorthand referencing the unforgiving coldness of the tundra and the crashing waves of a rolling ocean. These are harrowing moments: "I’ve heard it in the chillest land - / And on the strangest Sea -" affixed with the same sort of frightening intensity as the gale-strength winds of the previous stanzas. The speaker describes the instances in which she has has heard the bird's song. In the third stanza, the perspective of the text becomes more personal.
She then notes that this support has never come at any cost. The speaker describe her long journeys to the far reaches of land and sea, stating that the bird's song has kept her company throughout. The third stanza moves away from the general "many" and refers explicitly to the speaker ("I've").
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