Poem of the Day » Charlotte Bronte http://www.shortpoems.org/poem Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:19:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 Life – Charlotte Bronte http://www.shortpoems.org/poem/life-charlotte-bronte/ http://www.shortpoems.org/poem/life-charlotte-bronte/#comments Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:28:18 +0000 tejvan http://www.shortpoems.org/poem/2008/02/09/life-charlotte-bronte/ LIFE, believe, is not a dream
So dark as sages say;
Oft a little morning rain
Foretells a pleasant day.
Sometimes there are clouds of gloom,
But these are transient all;
If the shower will make the roses bloom,
O why lament its fall ?

Rapidly, merrily,
Life’s sunny hours flit by,
Gratefully, cheerily,
Enjoy them as they fly !

What though Death at times steps in
And calls our Best away ?
What though sorrow seems to win,
O’er hope, a heavy sway ?
Yet hope again elastic springs,
Unconquered, though she fell;
Still buoyant are her golden wings,
Still strong to bear us well.
Manfully, fearlessly,
The day of trial bear,
For gloriously, victoriously,
Can courage quell despair !

- Charlotte Bronte

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