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The old church tower and garden wall Are black with autumn rain And dreary winds foreboding call The darkness down again

Emily Bronte

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Emily Bronte
Age: 30 †
Born: 1818
Born: July 30
Died: 1848
Died: December 19
Novelist
Poet
Thornton
West Yorkshire
Ellis Bell
Emily Jane Brontë
Aimili Bolangte
Emili Bronte
Emily Jane Bronte
Ai-mi-li Po-lang-tʻe
Ėmilii︠a︡ Bronte
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Darkness
Foreboding
Wall
Dreary
Wind
Tower
Call
Winds
Church
Towers
Black
Autumn
Rain
Garden

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