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...poem: I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame...pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my book-learned skill (85-90). 18 P. Bronte, Cottage Poems (Halifax, 1811). See also Bronteana, The Rev....

...poem: 1 still had hopes my latest hours to crown, Amidsi these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close. And keep the flame from wasting by repose, 1 still had hopes, for pride attends us stilL Amidst the swains to show my book-learned skill (85-90)....

...I still had hopes, my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame...pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my book-learned skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all I saw;...

...the "I" speaks about himself, so that he seems to step out of the traditional, formal role of poet: I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to shew my book-learned skill, Around my fire an evening groupe to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all...