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- Farewell Farewell to thee! but not farewell To all ...
- Dreams While on my lonely couch I lie, I seldom feel myself ...
- Oh, They Have Robbed Me Of The... Oh, they have robbed me ...
- The Bluebell A fine and subtle spirit dwells In every little...
- Home How brightly glistening in the sun The woodland ...
- The Captive Dove Poor restless dove, I pity thee; And when I...
- Confidence Oppressed with sin and woe, A burdened heart I ...
Anne Brontë was a British novelist and poet, the youngest member of the Brontë literary family.
The daughter of a poor Irish clergyman in the Church of England, Anne Brontë lived most of her life with her family at the parish of Haworth on the Yorkshire moors. For a couple of years she went to a boarding school. At the age of nineteen, she left Haworth working as a governess between 1839 and 1845. After leaving her teaching position, she fulfilled her literary ambitions. She wrote a volume of poetry with her sisters (Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell, 1846) and in short succession she wrote two novels. Agnes Grey, based upon her experiences as a governess, was published in ... more »
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Farewell
Farewell to thee! but not farewell
To all my fondest thoughts of thee:
Within my heart they still shall dwell;
And they shall cheer and comfort me.
O, beautiful, and full of grace!
If thou hadst never met mine eye,
I had not dreamed a living face
Could fancied charms so far outvie.
If I may ne'er behold again
That form and face so dear to me,
Nor hear thy voice, still would I fain
Preserve, for aye, their memory.
That voice, the magic of whose tone
Can wake an echo in my breast,
Creating ...
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Anne Bronte is my favourite poet and her language uses in poems is attractive
Anne is one of my favourite writers. Love her masterpiece 'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall'.
P.S. The picture used here is the portrait of Anne's sister Charlotte, not Anne herself. Please change it.
Anne is one of my favourite writers. Love her masterpiece 'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall'.
P.S. The picture used here is the portrait of Anne's sister Charlotte, not Anne herself. Please change it.