| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 8404 |
| QUOTATION: | And, even yet, I dare not let it languish,
Dare not indulge in memory’s rapturous pain;
Once drinking deep of that divinest anguish,
How could I seek the empty world again? |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Emily Brontė (1818–1848), British poet, novelist. Remembrance (l. 29–32). . .
Attributed to “Ellis Bell” (pseud.) The Complete Poems of Emily Jane Brontė. C. W. Hatfield, ed. (1941) Columbia University Press. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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