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First Line: My darling, thou wilt never know
Last Line: When we reach our bourne!
Alternate Author Name(s): Bell, Currer
Variant Title(s): On The Death Of Emily Jane Bronte;24 December
Subject(s): Bronte, Emily (1818-1848)


My darling, thou wilt never know
The grinding agony of woe
That we have borne for thee.
Thus may we consolation tear
E'en from the depth of our despair
And wasting misery.

The nightly anguish thou art spared
When all the crushing truth is bared
To the awakening mind,
When the galled heart is pierced with grief,
Till wildly it implores relief,
But small relief can find.

Nor know'st thou what it is to lie
Looking forth with streaming eye
On life's lone wilderness.
'Weary, weary, dark and drear,
How shall I the journey bear,
The burden and distress?'

Then since thou art spared such pain
We will not wish thee here again;
He that lives must mourn.
God help us through our misery
And give us rest and joy with thee
When we reach our bourne!





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