I'm happiest when most away I can bear my soul from its ho… - Emily Brontë

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I'm happiest when most away

I can bear my soul from its home of clay

On a windy night when the moon is bright

And the eye can wander through worlds of light — When I am not and none beside — Nor earth nor sea nor cloudless sky — But only spirit wandering wide

Through infinite immensity.

Emily Brontë

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Emily Jane Brontë (30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848) was an English novelist and poet who was the sister of Charlotte and Anne Brontë, known as the Brontë sisters. Her only novel, Wuthering Heights, was first published under the pseudonym Ellis Bell.

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Alternative Names: Ellis Bell • Emily Jane Bronte • Emily Jane Brontë • Emily Bronte • Emily (Jane) Brontë

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