I wish I were a girl again, half savage and hardy, and free… - Emily Brontë

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I wish I were a girl again, half savage and hardy, and free... Why am I so changed? I'm sure I should be myself were I once among the heather on those hills.

Emily Brontë

Wuthering Heights · 2002 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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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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Pen Names: Ellis Bell

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

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If I had caused the cloud, it was my duty to make an effort to dispel it.

Still, as I mused, the naked room, The alien firelight died away;
And from the midst of cheerless gloom I passed to bright, unclouded day.

Shall Earth no more inspire thee, Thou lonely dreamer now? Since passion may not fire thee Shall Nature cease to bow? Thy mind is ever moving In regions dark to thee; Recall its useless roving — Come back and dwell with me —

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