Prisoner, The – (A Fragment) (Emily Bronte Poem)
In the dungeon-crypts, idly did I stray, Reckless of the lives wasting there away; "Draw the ponderous bars! open, Warder ...
In the dungeon-crypts, idly did I stray, Reckless of the lives wasting there away; "Draw the ponderous bars! open, Warder ...
I see around me tombstones grey Stretching their shadows far away. Beneath the turf my footsteps tread Lie low and ...
Still let my tyrants know, I am not doomed to wear Year after year in gloom and desolate despair; A ...
Riches I hold in light esteem, And love I laugh to scorn; And lust of fame was but a dream ...
How clear she shines! How quietly I lie beneath her guardian light; While heaven and earth are whispering me, " ...
Cold in the earth-and the deep snow piled above thee, Far, far removed, cold in the dreary grave! Have I ...
Death! that struck when I was most confiding In my certain faith of joy to be - Strike again, Time's ...
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