Oh! dreadful is the check-
intense the agony-
When the ear begins to hear,
And the eye begins to see;
When the pulse begins to throb,
The brain to think again;
The soul to feel the flesh,
And the flesh to feel the chain.
-Emily Bronte
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I'm making my way through Anne Bronte's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall right now.
ReplyDeleteCurrent assessment: ugh. Emily and Charlotte were infinitely better.
I know, right? Sigh.
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