(30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848 / Thornton / Yorkshire)

poet Emily Jane Brontë
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Poems of Emily Jane Brontë

1. "A little while, a little while..." 1/1/2004
2. "Me thinks this heart..." 12/31/2002
3. [Long Neglect Has Worn Away] 12/19/2011
4. A Day Dream 12/31/2002
5. A Death - Scene 12/31/2002
6. A Little Budding Rose 12/31/2002
7. A little while, a little while, 12/31/2002
8. Ah! Why, Because the Dazzling Sun 12/19/2011
9. Anticipation 12/31/2002
10. At Castle Wood 12/31/2002
11. Come hither, child 12/31/2002
12. Come, Walk With Me 12/31/2002
13. Death, that struck when I was most confiding 12/31/2002
14. Encouragement 3/27/2012
15. Faith and Despondency 12/31/2002
16. 'Fall, leaves, fall' 12/31/2002
17. Far, far away is mirth withdrawn 12/31/2002
18. High waving heather 'neath stormy blasts bending 12/31/2002
19. Honour's Martyr 12/31/2002
20. Hope 12/31/2002

Anticipation

How beautiful the earth is still,
To thee - how full of happiness!
How little fraught with real ill,
Or unreal phantoms of distress!
How spring can bring thee glory, yet,
And summer win thee to forget
December's sullen time!
Why dost thou hold the treasure fast,
Of youth's delight, when youth is past,

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