Wednesday, March 29, 2006

I nominated this poem by Emily Bronte and was pleased to learn that it was chosen to be read at the "My Favorite Poem" evening which will be held next week.
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No coward soul is mine
--Emily Bronte (1846)

No coward soul is mine,
No trembler in the world's storm-troubled sphere:
I see Heaven's glories shine,
And faith shines equal, arming me from fear.

O God within my breast,
Almighty, ever-present Deity!
Life--that in me has rest,
As I--undying Life--have power in thee!

Vain are the thousand creeds
That move men's hearts: unutterably vain;
Worthless as withered weeds,
Or idlest froth amid the boundless main,

To waken doubt in one
Holding so fast by thine infinity;
So surely anchored on
The stedfast rock of immortality.

With wide-embracing love
Thy spirit animates eternal years,
Pervades and broods above,
Changes, sustains, dissolves, creates, and rears.

Though earth and man were gone,
And suns and universes ceased to be,
And Thou were left alone,
Every existence would exist in Thee.

There is not room for Death,
Nor atom that his might could render void:
Thou--THOU art Being and Breath,
And what THOU art may never be destroyed

3 comments:

mysticgypsy said...

Thanks Frankengirl :)

mysticgypsy said...

Hi Frankengirl!
Thank you :)
Comments excite me! so this kind of spam's good!!
I too have immensely liked participating on the debate(s) on your blog and I really appreciate your insighful comments.

I would recommend the 1996 version with Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche. I have also seen the 1960s (I believe) version with Timothy Dalton but it is not nearly as good as the former. I have yet to see much older versions.

Have a nice weekend!

mysticgypsy said...

Glad you tried the madlib :D!
I will think of one with Neddy!!