Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WHERE WILT THOU GO MY HARASSED HEART?, by EMILY JANE BRONTE


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WHERE WILT THOU GO MY HARASSED HEART?, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
Alternate Author Name(s): Bell, Ellis
Subject(s): Love


Where wilt thou go, my harassed heart
What thought, what scene invites thee now?
What spot, or near or far apart,
Has rest for thee, my weary brow

WHY ask to know what date, what clime?
There dwelt our own humanity,
Power-worshippers from earliest time,
Feet-kissers of triumphant crime,
Crushers of helpless misery,
Crushing down Justice, honouring wrong,
If that be feeble, this be strong.


Shedders of blood, shedders of tears,
Fell creatures avid of distress;
Yet mocking heaven with senseless prayers
For mercy on the merciless.


It was the autumn of the year
When grain grows yellow in the ear;
Day after day, from noon to noon,
That August's sun blazed bright as June.


But we with unregarding eyes
Saw panting earth and glowing skies.
No hand the reaper's sickle held,
Nor bound the bright sheaves in the field .






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