Life
by Charlotte Bronte

English novelist. Her most famous work is Jane Eyre (1847). Her first published work was a joint volume of poetry with her sisters Anne and Emily which appeared in 1846. Her other novels are Shirley (1849) and Villette (1853); her first novel The Professor was published in 1857, after her death.

Charlotte Bronte is one of the first woman novelists to have portrayed men and women as equally justified in declaring their love and remains one of the most widely read novelists in the English language.

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Life
by 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!

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Life by Charlotte Bronte