No coward soul is mine,
No trembler in the world's storm-troubled sphere :
I see Heaven's glories shine,
And Faith shines equal, arming me from Fear.
O God within my breast,
Almighty, ever-present Deity !
Life, that in me has rest,
As I, undying Life, have power in Thee !
Vain are the thousand creeds
That move men's hearts : unutterably vain ;
Worthless as withered weeds,
Or idlest froth amid the boundless main,
To waken doubt in one
Holding so fast by Thy infinity,
So surely anchored on
The steadfast rock of Immortality.
With wide-embracing love
Thy Spirit animates eternal years,
Pervades and broods above,
Changes, sustains, dissolves, creates, and rears.
Though earth and moon were gone,
And suns and universes ceased to be,
And Thou wert left alone,
Every existence would exist in Thee.
There is not room for Death,
Nor atom that his might could render void :
Thou — THOU art Being and Breath,
And what THOU art may never be destroyed.
Notes
No coward soul is mine (Jan. 2, 1846)
Charlotte Brontė notes, "The following are the last lines my sister Emily ever wrote.
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unknown user on February 4, 2005
Reply | Delete i am not only a poet, but also the lover of great poesy too. I love classics a lot including Milton, Tennyson, Austen, Bronte, Keats and others.... wickednbadbabe on May 7, 2004
Reply | Delete Wow, this poem brings one word to mind:
STRONG
this poem just... expells strength, wonderful write -
Yeah, there's something so brilliant in it's rhythm. Emily Bronte and Sylvia Plath are among my personal favoite poets, it's just a pity Emily hadn't had the chance to write another novel. Wuthering Heights is undeniably a masterpiece of the English langauge.
Luke -
[thank you sooooo much ] i have been trying for such a long time to find all of that poem everywhere!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!
I love Emily Bronte's work! She's my favorite poet
xxx carley xxx
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