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Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell

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Last updated: 2023/03/04 at 11:20 AM
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Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell

Author: Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, and Anne Brontë | Published: 1846

Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell Synopsis

In 1846, the Brontë sisters, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne, published a volume of poetry under the pseudonyms Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. To evade the prevailing prejudice against female writers of their time, the sisters had taken on masculine first names, all beginning with the same letter of their actual names. Despite the quality of their work, the first edition of Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell failed to attract interest, and only two copies were sold.

Excerpt from Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell Online Book

I've quench'd my lamp, I struck it in that start

Which every limb convulsed, I heard it fall—

The crash blent with my sleep, I saw depart

Its light, even as I woke, on yonder wall;

Over against my bed, there shone a gleam

Strange, faint, and mingling also with my dream.

It sank, and I am wrapt in utter gloom

How far is night advanced, and when will day

Retinge the dusk and livid air with bloom,

And fill this void with warm, creative ray?

Would I could sleep again till, clear and red,

Morning shall on the mountain-tops be spread!

Find out more about Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë and Anne Brontë at sevenov.com.

The Brontë Sisters' Books on PageVio

Charlotte Brontë's Novels: Jane Eyre | Shirley | Villette | The Professor

Emily Brontë's Novels: Wuthering Heights

Anne Brontë's Novels: Agnes Grey | The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Poetry: Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell

Here are the full list of Charlotte Brontë's books, Emily Brontë's books and Anne Brontë's books.

Genre: Poetry
Completed: No
Word Count: 30717

Table of Contents

  • Inside Cover (12 words)
  • POEMS BY CURRER BELL (4 words)
  • PILATE'S WIFE'S DREAM. (1259 words)
  • MEMENTOS. (1640 words)
  • THE WIFE'S WILL. (1337 words)
  • FRANCES. (1486 words)
  • GILBERT. (2293 words)
  • LIFE. (116 words)
  • THE LETTER. (481 words)
  • REGRET. (168 words)
  • PRESENTIMENT. (439 words)
  • THE TEACHER'S MONOLOGUE. (547 words)
  • PASSION. (297 words)
  • PREFERENCE. (414 words)
  • EVENING SOLACE. (215 words)
  • STANZAS. (287 words)
  • PARTING. (191 words)
  • APOSTASY. (479 words)
  • WINTER STORES. (287 words)
  • THE MISSIONARY. (1012 words)
  • POEMS BY ELLIS BELL (4 words)
  • FAITH AND DESPONDENCY. (454 words)
  • STARS. (289 words)
  • THE PHILOSOPHER. (342 words)
  • REMEMBRANCE. (260 words)
  • A DEATH-SCENE. (293 words)
  • SONG. (164 words)
  • ANTICIPATION. (305 words)
  • THE PRISONER. (633 words)
  • HOPE. (118 words)
  • A DAY DREAM. (401 words)
  • TO IMAGINATION. (218 words)
  • HOW CLEAR SHE SHINES. (266 words)
  • SYMPATHY. (95 words)
  • PLEAD FOR ME. (257 words)
  • SELF-INTEROGATION, (275 words)
  • DEATH. (229 words)
  • STANZAS TO —— (170 words)
  • HONOUR'S MARTYR. (357 words)
  • STANZAS. (98 words)
  • MY COMFORTER. (210 words)
  • THE OLD STOIC. (74 words)
  • POEMS BY ACTON BELL, (4 words)
  • A REMINISCENCE. (108 words)
  • THE ARBOUR. (183 words)
  • HOME. (150 words)
  • VANITAS VANITATUM, OMNIA VANITAS. (278 words)
  • THE PENITENT. (72 words)
  • MUSIC ON CHRISTMAS MORNING. (268 words)
  • STANZAS. (173 words)
  • IF THIS BE ALL. (181 words)
  • MEMORY. (275 words)
  • TO COWPER. (256 words)
  • THE DOUBTER'S PRAYER. (321 words)
  • A WORD TO THE "ELECT." (341 words)
  • PAST DAYS. (187 words)
  • THE CONSOLATION. (211 words)
  • LINES COMPOSED IN A WOOD ON A WINDY DAY. (109 words)
  • VIEWS OF LIFE. (1049 words)
  • APPEAL. (63 words)
  • THE STUDENT'S SERENADE. (233 words)
  • THE CAPTIVE DOVE. (177 words)
  • SELF-CONGRATULATION. (317 words)
  • FLUCTUATIONS, (206 words)
  • SELECTIONS FROM THE LITERARY REMAINS OF ELLIS AND ACTON BELL. (13 words)
  • SELECTIONS FROM POEMS BY ELLIS BELL. (854 words)
  • II. THE BLUEBELL. (187 words)
  • III. (694 words)
  • THE NIGHT-WIND. (384 words)
  • LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP. (76 words)
  • THE ELDER'S REBUKE. (202 words)
  • THE WANDERER FROM THE FOLD. (233 words)
  • WARNING AND REPLY. (132 words)
  • LAST WORDS. (146 words)
  • THE LADY TO HER GUITAR. (107 words)
  • THE TWO CHILDREN. (344 words)
  • THE VISIONARY. (177 words)
  • ENCOURAGEMENT. (148 words)
  • STANZAS. (322 words)
  • SELECTIONS FROM POEMS BY ACTON BELL. (245 words)
  • DESPONDENCY. (188 words)
  • A PRAYER. (108 words)
  • IN MEMORY OF A HAPPY DAY IN FEBRUARY. (268 words)
  • CONFIDENCE. (164 words)
  • LINES WRITTEN FROM HOME. (212 words)
  • THE NARROW WAY. (218 words)
  • DOMESTIC PEACE. (187 words)
  • THE THREE GUIDES. [First published in FRASER'S MAGAZINE.] (1470 words)

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