Sweet child of Heaven, and joy of earth!
(Monday Night May 11th 1846 / Domestic Peace)
More Quotes from Anne Bronte:
I love the silent hour of night,For blissful dreams may then arise,
Revealing to my charmed sight
What may not bless my waking eyes!
Anne Bronte
But then to wake and find it flown,
The dream of happiness destroyed,
To find myself unloved, alone,
What tongue can speak the dreary void?
Anne Bronte
Have we not longed through life the reign to see
Of Justice, linked with Glorious Liberty?
Anne Bronte
Is childhood, then, so all divine?
Anne Bronte
A heart whence warm affections flow,
Creator, thou hast given to me,
And am I only thus to know
How sweet the joys of love would be?
Anne Bronte
But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose.
Anne Bronte
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