Happy Christmas!

From BrontëBlog we would like to wish you a very happy Christmas. May you find a little Brontë something in your stocking and - if that is not the case - you can always bring to memory your favourite Brontë quote as a present to yourself. Geeky as that may sound, we are all among friends here.

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Our very best wishes for a warm, lovely day.

LIFE, believe, is not a dream

So dark as sages say;

Oft a little morning rain

Foretells a pleasant day.

Sometimes there are clouds of gloom,

But these are transient all;

If the shower will make the roses bloom,

O why lament its fall ?

Rapidly, merrily,

Life's sunny hours flit by,

Gratefully, cheerily,

Enjoy them as they fly !

What though Death at times steps in

And calls our Best away ?

What though sorrow seems to win,

O'er hope, a heavy sway ?

Yet hope again elastic springs,

Unconquered, though she fell;

Still buoyant are her golden wings,

Still strong to bear us well.

Manfully, fearlessly,

The day of trial bear,

For gloriously, victoriously,

Can courage quell despair ! 

Charlotte Brontë. First publication: 1846 - Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell