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Reminiscence
ES, thou art gone! and never moreThy sunny smile shall gladden me;
But I may pass the old church door,
And pace the floor that covers thee,
May stand upon the cold, damp stone,
And think that, frozen, lies below
The lightest heart that I have known,
The kindest I shall ever know.
Yet, though I cannot see thee more,
'Tis still a comfort to have seen;
And though thy transient life is o'er,
'Tis sweet to think that thou hast been;
To think a soul so near divine,
Within a form so angel fair,
United to a heart like thine,
Has gladdened once our humble sphere.
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Yet, though I cannot see thee more,
'Tis still a comfort to have seen ;
And though thy transient life is o'er,
'Tis sweet to think that thou hast been ;
To think a soul so near divine,
Within a form so angel fair,
United to a heart like thine,
Has gladdened once our humble sphere.
'Tis still a comfort to have seen ;
And though thy transient life is o'er,
'Tis sweet to think that thou hast been ;
To think a soul so near divine,
Within a form so angel fair,
United to a heart like thine,
Has gladdened once our humble sphere.
“I love the silent hour of night, for blissful dreams may then arise, revealing to my charmed sight what may not bless my waking eyes.”
― Anne Brontë, Best Poems of the Brontë Sisters
“I am satisfied that if a book is a good one, it is so whatever the sex of the author may be. All novels are or should be written for both men and women to read, and I am at a loss to conceive how a man should permit himself to write anything that would be really disgraceful to a woman, or why a woman should be censured for writing anything that would be proper and becoming for a man.”
― Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
“Reading is my favourite occupation, when I have leisure for it and books to read.”
― Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey
“I wished to tell the truth, for truth always conveys its own moral to those who are able to receive it.”
― Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Volume I
Anne Bronte quotes
I was just thinking about Anne yesterday...what a treasure she is for the Bronte enthusiast!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenShe had the Bronte wit in full measure. Here's from her October 4th 1847 letter to Ellen Nussey
Many thanks to you for your unexpected and welcome epistle. Charlotte is well, and meditates writing to you. Happily for all parties the east wind no longer prevails - during its continuance she complained of its influence as usual. I too suffered from it, in some degree, as I always do, more or less; but this time, it brought me no reinforcement of colds and coughs which is what I dread the most. Emily considers it a "dry uninteresting wind", but it does not affect her nervous system
Funny!
I have no news to tell you, except that Mr. Nicholl's begged a holiday and went to Ireland three or four weeks ago, and is not expected back till Saturday - but that I dare say is no news at all.
Carefully saying she had no news to give...but that is not the same as no news ! lol " Jane Eyre" was about to be published!
We were all severely pleased and grateful for your kind and judiciously selected presents - from papa down to Tabby, - or down to myself, perhaps I ought rather to say.
lol
that is all, for as Charlotte is writing or about to write to you herself I need not send any message from her. therefore accept my best love and I must not omit the Major's compliments
If only we had more!
Happy Birthday Anne!
I really loved that introduction defending The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, I read it a while back when I started reading the book. I love how she says how should it matter if it was written by a man or woman? It really is an amazing work, revealing the awful way some people treat their spouses, and it seems fair, because the woman who is friends with Huntingdon seems rather as awful as he!
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