Index:The complete poems of Emily Bronte.djvu

Title	The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë
Author	Emily Brontë
Editor	Clement King Shorter (1857-1926), Nicoll, William Robertson, Sir (1851-1923)
Year	1910
Publisher	Hodder and Stoughton
Location	London
Source	djvu
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CONTENTS

POEMS PUBLISHED IN 1846

		PAGE
I.	FAITH AND DESPONDENCY
	'The winter wind is loud and wild	1
II.	STARS
	Ah! why, because the dazzling sun	4
III.	THE PHILOSOPHER
	Enough of thought, philosopher!	7
IV.	REMEMBRANCE
	Cold in the earth—and the deep snow piled above thee	10
V.	A DEATH-SCENE
	'O Day! he cannot die	12
VI.	SONG
	The linnet in the rocky dells	15
VII.	ANTICIPATION
	How beautiful the earth is still	17
VIII.	THE PRISONER
	In the dungeon-crypts idly did I stray	19
IX.	HOPE
	Hope was but a timid friend	24
X.	A DAY DREAM
	On a sunny brae alone I lay	25
XI.	TO IMAGINATION
	When weary with the long day's care	29
XII.	HOW CLEAR SHE SHINES
	How clear she shines! How quietly	31
XIII.	SYMPATHY
	There should be no despair for you	33
XIV.	PLEAD FOR ME
	Oh, thy bright eyes must answer now	34
XV.	SELF-INTERROGATION
	'The evening passes fast away	36
XVI.	DEATH
	Death! that struck when I was most confiding	39
XVII.	STANZAS TO ——
	Well, some may hate, and some may scorn	41
XVIII.	HONOUR'S MARTYR
	The moon is full this winter night	42
XIX.	STANZAS
	I'll not weep that thou art going to leave me	45
XX.	MY COMFORTER
	Well hast thou spoken, and yet not taught	46
XXI.	THE OLD STOIC
	Riches I hold in light esteem	48
	POSTHUMOUS POEMS EDITED BY CHARLOTTE BRONTË
I.	A little while, a little while	51
II.	THE BLUEBELL
	The Bluebell is the sweetest flower	54
III.	Loud without the wind was roaring	56
IV.	Shall earth no more inspire thee	59
V.	THE NIGHT-WIND
	In summer's mellow midnight	61
VI.	'Aye—there it is! it wakes to-night	63
VII.	LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP
	Love is like the wild rose-brier	65
VIII.	THE ELDER'S REBUKE
	'Listen! When your hair, like mine	66
IX.	THE WANDERER FROM THE FOLD
	How few, of all the hearts that loved	68
X.	WARNING AND REPLY
	In the earth—the earth—thou shalt be laid	70
XI.	LAST WORDS
	I knew not 'twas so dire a crime	71
XII.	THE LADY TO HER GUITAR
	For him who struck thy foreign string	72
XIII.	THE TWO CHILDREN
	Heavy hangs the rain-drop	73
XIV.	Child of delight, with sun-bright hair	75
XV.	THE VISIONARY
	Silent is the house: all are laid asleep	77
XVI.	ENCOURAGEMENT
	I do not weep; I would not weep	79
XVII.	STANZAS
	Often rebuked, yet always back returning	80
XVIII.	No coward soul is mine	81
	PRIVATELY PRINTED POEMS
I.	O God of heaven! The dream of horror	85
II.	SONG
	Lord of Elbe, on Elbe hill	89
III.	Cold, clear, and blue the morning heaven	90
IV.	Tell me, tell me, smiling child	92
V.	High waving heather 'neath stormy blasts bending	93
VI.	The night of storms has past	94
VII.	I saw thee, child, one summer day	97
VIII.	The battle had passed from the height	100
IX.	Alone I sat; the summer day	102
X.	The night is darkening round me	103
XI.	I'll come when thou art saddest	104
XII.	I would have touched the heavenly key	105
XIII.	Now trust a heart that trusts in you	106
XIV.	Sleep brings no joy to me	107
XV.	Strong I stand, though I have borne	108
XVI.	O Mother! I am not regretting	109
XVII.	Awake, awake! how loud the stormy morning	112
XVIII.	O wander not so far away!	113
XIX.	Why do I hate that lone green dell?	115
XX.	GLENEDEN'S DREAM
	Tell me, whether it is winter?	116
XXI.	It's over now; I've known it all	119
XXII.	SONG
	This shall be thy lullaby	121
XXIII.	'Twas one of those dark, cloudy days	122
XXIV.	DOUGLAS RIDE
	Well narrower draw the circle round	124
XXV.	SONG
	What rider up Gobeloin's glen	125
XXVI.	SONG
	Geraldine, the moon is shining	128
XXVII.	Where were ye all? and where wert thou?	129
XXVIII.	Light up thy halls! 'Tis closing day	130
XXIX.	O dream, where art thou now?	133
XXX.	How still, how happy! These are words	134
XXXI.	The night was dark, yet winter breathed	136
XXXII.	THE ABSENT ONE
	From our evening fireside now	139
XXXIII.	TO THE BLUEBELL
	Sacred watcher, wave thy bells!	141
XXXIV.	The busy day has hurried by	142
XXXV.	And now the house dog stretched once more	144
XXXVI.	Come hither, child; who gifted thee	146
XXXVII.	How long will you remain? The midnight hour	148
XXXVIII.	Fair sinks the summer evening now	150
XXXIX.	The wind I hear it sighing	152
XL.	That wind, I used to hear it swelling	153
XLI.	Thy sun is near meridian height	154
XLII.	Far, far is mirth withdrawn	158
XLIII.	It is too late to call thee now	160
XLIV.	If grief for grief can touch thee	161
XLV.	GERALDINE
	'Twas night, her comrades gathered all	162
XLVI.	I see around me piteous tombstones grey	165
XLVII.	ROSINA
	Weeks of wild delirium past	167
XLVIII.	In the same place, when nature wore	171
XLIX.	ASPIN CASTLE
	How do I love on summer night	173
L.	ON THE FALL OF ZALONA
	All blue and bright in golden light	178
LI.	GRAVE IN THE OCEAN
	Where beams the sun the brightest	182
LII.	A SERENADE
	Thy Guardians are asleep	184
LIII.	At such a time, in such a spot	186
LIV.	RODERIC
	Lie down and rest, the fight is done	188
LV.	'Twas yesterday at early dawn	190
LVI.	This summer wind with thee and me	192
LVII.	Were they shepherds, who sat all day?	193
LVIII.	Rosina, this had never been	207
LIX.	I know that to-night the wind it is sighing	208
LX.	A thousand sounds of happiness	210
LXI.	Come walk with me	212
LXII.	I'm standing in the forest now	214
LXII.	O hinder me by no delay!	216
LXIV.	It was night, and on the mountains	219
LXV.	And first an hour of mournful musing	220
LXVI.	Had there been falsehood in my breast	222
LXVII.	Yes, holy be thy resting-place	223
	UNPUBLISHED POEMS
I.	Gods of the old mythology	227
II.	Its faded buds already lie	228
III.	Bitterly, deeply I've drunk of thy woe	229
IV.	Companions all day long we've stood	231
V.	Oh, all the cares these noontide airs	233
VI.	There's something in this glorious hour	234
VII.	Sleep, mourner, sleep!—I cannot sleep	236
VIII.	Oh might my footsteps find a rest!	237
IX.	How Edenlike seem palace walls	240
X.	Now—but one moment—let me stay	241
XI.	RETIREMENT
	O let me be alone awhile!	242
XII.	DESPONDENCY
	I have gone backward in the work	243
XIII.	IN MEMORY OF A HAPPY DAY IN FEBRUARY
	Blessed be Thou for all the joy	245
XIV.	A PRAYER
	My God! O let me call Thee mine!	248
XV.	CONFIDENCE
	Oppressed with sin and woe	249
XVI.	There let thy bleeding branch atone	251
XVII.	I am the only being whose doom	252
XVIII.	'Tis moonlight, summer moonlight	253
XIX.	A sudden chasm of ghastly light	254
XX.	AT CASTLE WOOD
	The day is done, the winter sun	257
XXI.	On its bending stalk a bonny flower	259
XXII.	And like myself lone, wholly lone	261
XXIII.	TO THE HORSE BLACK EAGLE, WHICH I RODE AT THE BATTLE OF ZAMORNA
	Swart steed of night, thou hast charged thy last	263
XXIV.	All her tresses backward strayed	264
XXV.	The wind was rough which tore	267
XXVI.	His land may burst the galling chain	268
XXVII.	Start not! upon the minster wall	269
XXVIII.	Redbreast, early in the morning	270
XXIX.	Through the hours of yesternight	271
XXX.	Darkness was overtraced on every face	272
XXXI.	Harp of wild and dream-like strain	273
XXXII.	The old church tower and garden wall	274
XXXIII.	There swept adown that dreary glen	275
XXXIV.	In dungeons dark I cannot sing	276
XXXV.	When days of beauty deck the vale	277
XXXVI.	Still beside that dreary water	278
XXXVII.	The evening sun was sinking down	279
XXXVIII.	Fall, leaves, fall, die flowers away	280
XXXIX.	Loud without the wind was roaring	281
XL.	All day I've toiled, but not with pain	282
XLI.	There was a time when my cheek burned	283
XLII.	Mild the mist upon the hill	284
XLIII.	The starry night shall tidings bring	285
XLIV.	The organ swells, the trumpets sound	287
XLV.	What winter floods, what streams of spring	288
XLVI.	None of my kindred now can tell	289
XLVII.	Ladybird! ladybird! fly away home	291
XLVIII.	I've been wandering in the greenwoods	297
XLIX.	May flowers are opening	298
L.	That dreary lake, that moonlit sky	300
LI.	Heaven's glory shone where he was laid	301
LII.	THAT WORD 'NEVER'
	Not many years but long enough to see	302
LIII.	I know not how it falls on me	303
LIV.	Month after month, year after year	304
LV.	She dried her tears and they did smile	305
LVI.	I'm happiest now when most away	306
LVII.	Weaned from life and flown away	307
LVIII.	All hushed and still within the house	308
LIX.	The sunshine of a summer sun	309
LX.	My ancient ship upon my ancient sea	311
LXI.	I do not see myself again	314
LXII.	Yet o'er his face a solemn light	317
LXIII.	TO A WREATH OF SNOW
	O transient voyager of heaven!	319
LXIV.	SONG
	King Julius left the south country	321
LXV.	LINES
	I die, but when the grave shall press	322
LXVI.	SONG
	O between distress and pleasure	323
LXVII.	Shed no tears o'er that tomb	325
LXVIII.	Sleep not, dream not; this bright day	327
LXIX.	LINES BY CLAUDIA
	I did not sleep; 'twas noon of day	328
LXX.	LINES
	Far away is the land of rest	330
LXXI.	LINES
	The soft unclouded blue of air	331