Riches I hold in light esteem
Emily Jane Brontë 1818 (Thornton) – 1848 (Haworth)
Riches I hold in light esteem
And Love I laugh to scorn
And lust of Fame was but a dream
That vanished with the morn–
And if I pray, the only prayer
That moves my lips for me
Is–'Leave the heart that now I bear
And give me liberty.'
Yes, as my swift days near their goal
'Tis all that I implore
Through life and death, a chainless soul
With courage to endure!
(March 1, 1841)
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 381 |
Words | 79 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 4, 1 |
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