“And from the midst of cheerless gloom
I passed to bright unclouded day.”

—  Emily Brontë

Stanza vi.
A Little While, a Little While (1846)
Context: 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.

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