One pause upon the brink of life

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One pause upon the brink of life
by Emily Brontë
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As rendered in Brontë Poems: Selections from the poetry of Charlotte, Emily, Anne and Branwell Brontë (1915)

1335666One pause upon the brink of lifeEmily Brontë

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ONE pause upon the brink of life,
Before it breaks, in headlong strife,
Upon its downward road;
One insight through the waters clear,
Before their pictures disappear
In the fierce foaming flood.

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