donderdag 8 oktober 2015

On 8th October, the United Kingdom celebrates National Poetry Day.The beautifully mournful poetry of Anne Bronte.

 
 
When away from the influence of Emily, for example when at Roe Head school in Mirfield or as governess to the Ingham or Robinson families, Anne wrote poetry that was much more personal to her. Occasionally she wrote poetry that was ostensibly said by Gondal characters, but which really spoke of her own feelings, as in the beautiful yearning of ‘Home’:
 
“How brightly glistening in the sun
The woodland ivy plays!
While yonder beeches from their barks
Reflect his silver rays.
That sun surveys a lovely scene
From softly smiling skies;
And wildly through unnumbered trees
The wind of winter sighs:
Now loud, it thunders o’er my head,
And now in distance dies.
But give me back my barren hills
Where colder breezes rise;
Where scarce the scattered, stunted trees
Can yield an answering swell,
But where a wilderness of heath
Returns the sound as well.
For yonder garden, fair and wide,
With groves of evergreen,
Long winding walks, and borders trim,
And velvet lawns between;
Restore to me that little spot,
With grey walls compassed round,
Where knotted grass neglected lies,
And weeds usurp the ground.
Though all around this mansion high
Invites the foot to roam,
And though its halls are fair within –
Oh, give me back my HOME!”
 
Nick Holland
On read my blog about the beautifully mournful poetry of Anne

dinsdag 6 oktober 2015

Bracelet made of of the intertwined hair of Emily and Anne Brontë.


This bracelet is made of of the intertwined hair of Emily and Anne Brontë and was owned by their sister Charlotte.


The Brontë Cabinet: Three Lives in Nine Objects.
Here’s an excerpt, about the miniature books the Brontë children constructed.

Photo: deborahlutz: This bracelet is made of of the intertwined hair of Emily and Anne Brontë and was owned...