Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (18331908). A Victorian Anthology, 18371895. 1895. |
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The Old Stoic |
| Emily Brontë (181848) |
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RICHES I hold in light esteem, | |
And Love I laugh to scorn; | |
And lust of fame was but a dream | |
That vanishd with the morn; | |
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And if I pray, the only prayer | 5 |
That moves my lips for me | |
Is, Leave the heart that now I bear, | |
And give me liberty! | |
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Yes, as my swift days near their goal, | |
T is all that I implore: | 10 |
In life and death a chainless soul, | |
With courage to endure. | |
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