Who is Charlotte Bronte

Charlotte Brontë (, commonly ; 21 April 1816 – 31 March 1855) was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels became classics of English literature.

She enlisted in school at Roe Head in January 1831, aged 14 years. She left the year after to teach her sisters, Emily and Anne, at home, returning in 1835 as a governess. In 1839, she undertook the role of governess for the Sidgwick family, but left after a few months to return to Haworth, where the sisters opened a school, but failed to attract pupils. Instead, they turned to writing and they each first published in 1846 under the pseudonyms of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. Although her first novel, The Professor, was rejected by publishers, her second novel,...
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Charlotte Bronte Poems

  • The Wood.
    But two miles more, and then we rest!
    Well, there is still an hour of day,
    And long the brightness of the West
    Will light us on our devious way; ...
  • Apostasy.
    This last denial of my faith,
    Thou, solemn Priest, hast heard;
    And, though upon my bed of death,
    I call not back a word. ...
  • Stanzas.
    If thou be in a lonely place,
    If one hour's calm be thine,
    As Evening bends her placid face
    O'er this sweet day's decline; ...
  • Preference.
    Not in scorn do I reprove thee,
    Not in pride thy vows I waive,
    But, believe, I could not love thee,
    Wert thou prince, and I a slave. ...
  • The Missionary.
    Plough, vessel, plough the British main,
    Seek the free ocean's wider plain;
    Leave English scenes and English skies,
    Unbind, dissever English ties; ...
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Heart 21 Life 18 Death 16 Heaven 15 Long 15 Home 15 Light 14 Wild 14 I Love You 14 Love 14


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Hauntingseas: still, the gentleness with which he treated me during the rest of the day, went somehow to my heart. it was too tender. it was mournful. i would rather he had been abrupt, whimsical, and irate as was his won't. villette by charlotte brontë
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Psalm 119 Part 10
 by Isaac Watts

Pleading the promises.

ver. 38,49

Behold thy waiting servant, Lord,
Devoted to thy fear;
Remember and confirm thy word,
For all my hopes are there.
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