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ON LOOKING AT A PORTRAIT OF CHARLOTTE BRONTË, BY RICHMOND
Wonderful eyes! a leaping fire behind
Burns, and at seasons flames the face-veil through;
As burst their cloudy curtain gleams of blue
When, on a sudden, lo! the sun has shined.
Passion and strong repression-power combined
I see before me,—and a depth as well
That but a hint of what it had to tell
Has cast upon the surface of her mind.
Burns, and at seasons flames the face-veil through;
As burst their cloudy curtain gleams of blue
When, on a sudden, lo! the sun has shined.
Passion and strong repression-power combined
I see before me,—and a depth as well
That but a hint of what it had to tell
Has cast upon the surface of her mind.
They are not easy natures, these, to grasp
Complete in comprehension, nor do they
Hold their own power circled in a clasp.
They only see the fruit from day to day
That ripens, and abstruser find themselves
Than any book they have upon their shelves.
Complete in comprehension, nor do they
Hold their own power circled in a clasp.
They only see the fruit from day to day
That ripens, and abstruser find themselves
Than any book they have upon their shelves.
1870.
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