A Poem by Emily Dickinson about Charlotte Bronte

Here is an untitled poem that American poet Emily Dickinson wrote about English writer Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855). Charlotte Bronte wrote under the name of "Currer Bell." She lived in Haworth, Yorkshire.


All overgrown by cunning moss,
All interspersed with weed,
The little cage of "Currer Bell"
In quiet "Haworth" laid.

This Bird -- observing others
When frosts too sharp became
Retire to other latitudes --
Quietly did the same --

But differed in returning --
Since Yorkshire hills are green --
Yet not in all the nests I meet --
Can Nightingale be seen --

Gathered from many wanderings --
Gethsemane can tell
Thro' what transporting anguish
She reached the Asphodel!

Soft fall the sounds of Eden
Upon her puzzled ear --
Oh what an afternoon for Heaven,
When "Bronte" entered there!

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)