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Emily Jane Brontë: The Complete Poems

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Brontë, Emily (1818-1848)
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I. Poems Published in 1846
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III. Undated Poems
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162. A. E. and R. C.

Heavy hangs the raindrop
From the burdened spray;
Heavy broods the damp mist
On Uplands far away;
Heavy looms the dull sky,
Heavy rolls the sea—
And heavy beats the young heart
Beneath that lonely tree—
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Never has a blue streak
Cleft the clouds since morn—
Never has his grim Fate
Smiled since he was born—
Frowning on the infant,
Shadowing childhood's joy,
Guardian angel knows not
That melancholy boy—
Day is passing swiftly
Its sad and sombre prime;
Youth is fast invading
Sterner manhood's time—
All the flowers are praying
For sun before they close
And he prays too, unknowing,
That sunless human rose!
Blossoms, that the west wind
Has never wooed to blow
Scentless are your petals
Your dew as cold as snow.
Soul, where kindred kindness
No early promise woke
Barren is your beauty
As weed upon the rock—
Wither, Brothers, wither,
You were vainly given—
Earth reserves no blessing
For the unblessed of Heaven!
Child of Delight! with sunbright hair
And seablue seadeep eyes
Spirit of Bliss, what brings thee here
Beneath these sullen skies?
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Thou shouldest live in eternal spring
Where endless day is never dim
Why, seraph, has thy erring wing
Borne thee down to weep with him?
‘Ah, not from heaven am I descended
And I do not come to mingle tears
But sweet is day, though with shadows blended
And though clouded, sweet are youthful years—
‘I, the image of light and gladness
Saw and pitied that mournful boy
And I swore to take his gloomy sadness
And give to him my beamy joy—
‘Heavy and dark the night is closing
Heavy and dark may its biding be
Better for all from grief reposing
And better for all who watch like me—
‘Guardian angel, he lacks no longer;
Evil fortune he need not fear:
Fate is strong but Love is stronger
And more unsleeping than angel's care’—
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