Today’s guest poet: Charlotte Bronte
Evening Solace
The human heart has hidden treasures,
In secret kept, in silence sealed;
The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures,
Whose charms were broken if revealed.
And days may pass in gay confusion,
And nights in rosy riot fly,
While, lost in Fame’s or Wealth’s illusion,
The memory of the Past may die.
But there are hours of lonely musing,
Such as in evening silence come,
When, soft as birds their pinions closing,
The heart’s best feelings gather home.
Then in our souls there seems to languish
A tender grief that is not woe;
And thoughts that once wrung groans of anguish,
Now cause but some mild tears to flow.
And feelings, once as strong as passions,
Float softly back – a faded dream;
Our own sharp griefs and wild sensations,
The tale of others’ suffering seems.
Oh! when the heart is freshly bleeding,
How longs it for that time to be,
When, through the mist of years receding,
Its woes but live in reverie!
And it can dwell on moonlight glimmer,
On evening shade and loneliness;
And, while the sky grows dim and dimmer,
Feel no untold and strange distress –
Only a deeper impulse given
By lonely hour and darkened room,
To solemn thoughts that soar to heaven,
Seeking a life and world to come.
Buena Vista, Colorado.
Quote of the day: “Sometimes you have to try not to care, no matter how much you do, because sometimes you can mean nothing to someone who means so much to you. It’s not pride. It’s self-respect.” — Lessons Learned In Life
Daily gratitudes:
MKL
Pool tables
That the entire container of blueberries I spilled in the alley will feed to local bunnies
Eliminating paperwork
Pete the dog
Wooly-Bully in the integrated cow pasture
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January 18, 2012 at 11:47 pm
Cin
🙂 lovely.
January 19, 2012 at 9:56 am
belladonna23
charlotte bronte is one of my favorite authors ever, and her poetry is even more amazing than her book. just amazing, makes me want to re read Villete again
January 19, 2012 at 9:56 am
belladonna23
*Villette
January 19, 2012 at 2:49 pm
Seasweetie
I have never read Villette, but will look for it, belladonna23.
January 19, 2012 at 6:58 pm
ceciliag
the poem is endlessly beautiful but that quote. straight to the point! c
January 20, 2012 at 1:39 pm
waywardbound
Been there, it’s a good place.
January 23, 2012 at 3:17 pm
cantfindmenow
The quote rings true……Lesson Learned
I needed to hear it I suppose. Love you
January 23, 2012 at 9:05 pm
Seasweetie
Love you too!
January 23, 2012 at 3:18 pm
cantfindmenow
Oh yes, pool tables are fun 😉