satya - 7/24/2017, 6:30:48 PM

Emily Bronte Poems

satya - 7/24/2017, 6:32:02 PM

Emily Bronte poems at CUNY.edu

satya - 7/24/2017, 6:33:38 PM

Riches I hold in light esteem (March 1, 1841)

Riches I hold in light esteem
And Love I laugh to scorn
And lust of Fame was but a dream
That vanished with the morn?

And if I pray, the only prayer 
That moves my lips for me 
Is - "Leave the heart that now I bear 
And give me liberty."

Yes, as my swift days near their goal 
'Tis all that I implore 
Through life and death, a chainless soul 
With courage to endure!