Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TELL ME, TELL ME, SMILING CHILD, by EMILY JANE BRONTE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Alternate Author Name(s): Bell, Ellis | ||||||||
Tell me, tell me, smiling child, What the past is like to thee? An Autumn evening, soft and mild, With a wind that sighs mournfully. Tell me what is the present hour? A green and flowery spray, Where a young bird sits gathering its power To mount and fly away. And what is the future, happy one? A sea beneath a cloudless sun; A mighty, glorious, dazzling sea, Stretching into infinity. The inspiring music's thrilling sound, The glory of the festal day, The glittering splendour rising round, Have passed like all earth's joys away. Forsaken by that lady fair, She glides unheeding through them all; Covering her brow to hide the tear That still, though checked, trembles to fall. She hurries through the outer hall, And up the stairs through galleries dim, That murmur to the breezes' call The night-wind's lonely vesper hymn. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A DEATH SCENE by EMILY JANE BRONTE AT CASTLE WOOD by EMILY JANE BRONTE D.G.C. TO J.A by EMILY JANE BRONTE F. DE SAMARA TO A.G.A. by EMILY JANE BRONTE FAITH AND DESPONDENCY by EMILY JANE BRONTE LINES BY CLAUDIA by EMILY JANE BRONTE MY COMFORTER by EMILY JANE BRONTE PLEAD FOR ME by EMILY JANE BRONTE |
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