Charlotte Brontë

Charlotte Brontë (21 April 1816 – 31 March 1855 / Yorkshire, England)

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1.	The Missionary	5/10/2001
2.	Winter Stores	5/10/2001
3.	The Wife's Will	5/10/2001
4.	Preference	5/10/2001
5.	The Wood	5/10/2001
6.	The Letter	5/10/2001
7.	Apostasy	5/10/2001
8.	Gilbert	5/10/2001
9.	Presentiment	5/10/2001
10.	Frances	5/10/2001
11.	Stanzas	5/10/2001
12.	Speak Of The North! A Lonely Moor	12/31/2002
13.	Pilate's Wife's Dream	5/10/2001
14.	The Teacher's Monologue	5/10/2001
15.	Mementos	5/10/2001
16.	Pleasure	12/31/2002
17.	Evening Solace	5/10/2001
18.	Regret	12/31/2002
19.	Parting	5/10/2001
20.	Passion	5/10/2001
21.	On The Death Of Anne Brontë	5/10/2001
22.	Life	5/10/2001

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Life

LIFE, believe, is not a dream
So dark as sages say;
Oft a little morning rain
Foretells a pleasant day.
Sometimes there are clouds of gloom,
But these are transient all;
If the shower will make the roses bloom,
O why lament its fall ?

Rapidly, merrily,
Life's sunny hours flit by,
Gratefully, cheerily,
Enjoy them as they fly !

What though Death at times steps in
And calls our Best away ?
What though sorrow seems to win,
O'er hope, a heavy sway ?
Yet hope again elastic springs,
Unconquered, though she ...

Read the full of Life

THE room is quiet, thoughts alone
People its mute tranquillity;
The yoke put on, the long task done,
I am, as it is bliss to be,
Still and untroubled. Now, I see,
For the first time, how soft the day
O'er waveless water, stirless tree,
Silent and sunny, wings its way.
Now, as I watch that distant hill,

Charlotte Brontë

Charlotte Brontë Poems

Life

The Teacher's Monologue