Cecil Collins
Spellbound
by Emily Brontë
The night is darkening round me,
The wild winds coldly blow;
But a tyrant spell has bound me
And I cannot, cannot go.
The giant trees are bending
Their bare boughs weighed with snow.
And the storm is fast descending,
And yet I cannot go.
Clouds beyond clouds above me,
Wastes beyond wastes below;
But nothing dear can move me;
I will not, cannot go.
All snowed in again, pipes frozen, laptop down with virus...but after all's said and done, it doesn't really matter! I started reading The Passage by Justin Cronin - it could afford lose about a hundred pages and a dozen characters but it's a real page turner and I can't put it down...so a bit of snow doesn't really compare to legions of vampire virals that stalk the world I actually reside in at the moment!
Blessed Solstice and Keep Warm!
Don't forget to feed the birds! (And your family!)
10 comments:
Glad you lost yourself in literature, Niamh.
What a stylish post, a lovely image and beautiful poem.
Wishing you and yours a Nollaig Shona, see you in 2011!
Have a great seasonal time Niamh!!
All the best for next year!!!
I'm so worried about the birdies - I refilled my bird feeder a weeks ago now and normally the feeder is empty by the end of the week but this last time - the feeder is still quite full. I just hope the birds are ok!!
Oh what a brilliant poem - brilliant - thank you!!
And oooh - great review for the Passage!!
Have a GREAT AND FABULOUS CHRISTMAS!!!!!!! Stay safe and warm!!
Take care
x
Nollaig Shona Brigid, all the best till 2011! And happy writing!
Niamh B
You too Niamh, hope you have agreat christmas!
Old Kitty
Yes you'd feel sorry for them in this cold...its survival of the fittest out there!
Hope you and Charlie have a lovely and warm chritmas time too!
Hi Niamh, a merry Christmas to you and yours
Pete
we have no snow but I will feed the birds today - thanks for reminding me - have a wonderful holiday and see you on the t'other side too.
Dear Niamh,
Merry Christmas!
http://poemsbyninotaziz.blogspot.com/2010/12/merry-christmas-one-and-all.html
Yikes, I do hope you stay warm and your pipes get sorted out.
Hope you had a great Christmas. And have a happy New Year!
Thanks for all the great work in 2010. I hope 2011 (two eleven, zero eleven?) will be even better. Lovely atmospheric poem. Hope the computer is feeling better. Happy New Year. P.
Hello! Hope your pipes have de-frozen and viruses have mended themselves! Thanks for posting the poem - hope you are having a lovely festive season.
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