Emily Jane Brontë: The Complete Poems Edited by Janet Gezari |
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[His land may burst the galling chain]
His land may burst the galling chain
His people may be free again
For them a thousand hopes remain
But hope is dead for him
Soft falls the moonlight on the sea
Whose wild waves play at liberty
And Gondal's wind sings solemnly
Its [native] midnight hymn
His people may be free again
For them a thousand hopes remain
But hope is dead for him
Soft falls the moonlight on the sea
Whose wild waves play at liberty
And Gondal's wind sings solemnly
Its [native] midnight hymn
Around his prison walls it sings
His heart is stirred through all its strings
Because that sound remembrance brings
Of scenes that once have been
His heart is stirred through all its strings
Because that sound remembrance brings
Of scenes that once have been
His soul has left the storm below
And reached a realm of sunless snow
The region of [unchanging] woe
Made voiceless by despair
And reached a realm of sunless snow
The region of [unchanging] woe
Made voiceless by despair
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And Gerald's land may burst its chain
His subjects may be free again
For them a thousand hopes remain
But hope is dead for him
Set is his sun of liberty
Fixed is his earthly destiny
A few years of captivity
And then a captive's tomb
His subjects may be free again
For them a thousand hopes remain
But hope is dead for him
Set is his sun of liberty
Fixed is his earthly destiny
A few years of captivity
And then a captive's tomb
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