Emily Bronte

"The night is darkening round me, The wild winds coldly blow; But a tyrant spell has bound me And I cannot, cannot go. The giant trees are bending Their bare boughs weighed with snow; The storm is fast descending, And yet I cannot go. Clouds beyond clouds above me, Wastes beyond wastes below; But nothing drear can move me; I will not, cannot go."

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Source: The Night is Darkening Round Me. Poem by Emily Bronte, www.poetryfoundation.org. November 1837.

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Emily Bronte

Emily Bronte

Poet, Novelist

Emily Bronte was a 19th-century English novelist and poet, best known for her novel Wuthering Heights, which explores themes of love, nature, and human emotion.

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