Poems of Emily Brontë
A Daydream
by Emily Brontë
The speaker questions the fleeting nature of life and beauty, but discovers there is more to consider.
The speaker questions the fleeting nature of life and beauty, but discovers there is more to consider.
"The moon has left the sky, love,"
Aye, lay him in his grave, the old dead year!
The carpenter is upset by a strange request.
"The mist has left the greening plain,"
"A blue–bell springs upon the ledge,"
"Ah, love, my love is like a cry in the night,"
The master and John discuss the service of James Howard, a young assistant, who is now being offered a new opportunity for advancement.
How like a winter hath my absence been
"Lay me down beneaf de willers in de grass,"
So oft have I invoked thee for my muse
"Oh, wind of the spring–time, oh, free wind of May,"
With sombre mien, the Evening gray
The author poses several questions to the reader.
"Come away to dreamin’ town,"
"Ain’t nobody nevah tol’ you not a wo’d a–tall,"
"My neighbor lives on the hill,"
A celebration of Florida's tropic climate.
"Out in de night a sad bird moans,"
Nature and the movement of clouds at dusk ignite the author's imagination.
The Emperor learns to appreciate the nightingale.
"Heel and toe, heel and toe,"
A child creates a world from imagination.
"If the muse were mine to tempt it"
Oh for the breath of the briny deep,