A REMINISCENCE
by: Anne Bronte (1820-1849)
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thou art gone! and never more
Thy sunny smile shall gladden me;
But I may pass the old church door,
And pace the floor that covers thee,
May stand upon the cold, damp stone,
And think that, frozen, lies below
The lightest heart that I have known,
The kindest I shall ever know.
Yet, though I cannot see thee more,
'Tis still a comfort to have seen;
And though thy transient life is o'er,
'Tis sweet to think that thou hast been;
To think a soul so near divine,
Within a form so angel fair,
United to a heart like thine,
Has gladdened once our humble sphere.
"A Reminiscence" is reprinted
from Poems By Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. Charlotte,
Anne, and Emily Bronte. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1848. |
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