Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell

Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell  (1846)  Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë

London: Smith, Elder and Co. pages i-iv

POEMS

BY

CURRER, ELLIS, AND ACTON BELL.

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LONDON:

SMITH, ELDER AND CO., 65, CORNHILL.

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1846.

CONTENTS.

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PAGE Pilate's Wife's Dream 1 Faith and Despondency 8 A Reminiscence 10 Mementos 11 Stars 21 The Philosopher 23 The Arbour 26 Home 27 The Wife's Will 28 Remembrance 31 Vanitas Vanitatum, Omnia Vanitas 33 The Wood 35 A Death Scene 40 Song 43 The Penitent 44 Music on Christmas Morning 45 Frances 46 Anticipation 56 Stanzas 59 Gilbert 60 The Prisoner 76 If this be all 80 Life 81 Hope 82 Memory 83 The Letter 86 A Day-Dream 89 To Cowper 92 Regret 94 To Imagination 96 The Doubter's Prayer 97 Presentiment 100 How clear she shines 103 A Word to the Elect 104 The Teacher's Monologue 107 Sympathy 110 Past Days 111 Passion 112 Preference 115 Plead for Me 118 The Consolation 120 Evening Solace 121 Self-Interrogation 123 Lines composed in a Wood on a Windy Day 125 Stanzas 126 Death 128 Views of Life 129 Parting 137 Stanzas to —— 138 Appeal 140 Honour's Martyr 148 The Student's Life 140 Apostasy 145 Stanzas 148 The Captive Dove 149 Winter Stores 151 My Comforter 153 Self-Congratulation 155 The Missionary 157 The Old Stoic 163 Fluctuations 164