First melted off the hope of youth Then Fancy's rainbow fas… - Emily Brontë

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First melted off the hope of youth Then Fancy's rainbow fast withdrew And then experience told me truth In mortal bosoms never grew 'Twas grief enough to think mankind All hollow servile insincere But worse to trust to my own mind And find the same corruption there

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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