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Darryl Friesen is on page 37 of 262

“First melted off the hope of youth,
Then fancy’s rainbow fast withdrew;
And then experience told me truth
In mortal bosoms never grew.

‘Twas grief enough to think mankind
All hollow, servile, insincere;
But worse to trust to my own mind
And find the same corruption there.”

I mean, honesty and self-awareness is good, but this doesn’t lead me to think that Emily was a very happy woman…

— Nov 04, 2026 05:32AM

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Darryl Friesen is on page 77 of 262

— 4 hours, 1 min ago

Darryl Friesen is on page 75 of 262

“Gleneden’s Dream” is wonderful! Such vivid, powerful language and images!

— Nov 13, 2026 11:21AM

Darryl Friesen is on page 69 of 262

Emily Brontë only knows D words: despair, darkness, desolation, dismal, drear, distress, dread, doubt, dungeon, doom…

I gotta say, not loving this. It’s like 12-year-old Anne Shirley’s juvenile writing attempts at shock, horror, and sensation…

— Nov 12, 2026 06:17AM

Darryl Friesen is on page 65 of 262

— Nov 11, 2026 06:30AM

Darryl Friesen is on page 60 of 262

“I die; but when the grave shall press”

Beautiful and hopeful! ❤️

For a change… 😅

— Nov 10, 2026 06:57AM

Darryl Friesen is on page 57 of 262

Finally read a poem that really resonated with me!! “Far Away Is The Land Of Rest” Beautiful!

— Nov 09, 2026 07:54AM

Darryl Friesen is on page 53 of 262

“Silence whets the fang of pain…”

It’s turns of phrase like that which make this such satisfying reading…

But “dreary” remains the most-used word… 😮‍💨

— Nov 08, 2026 04:34AM

Darryl Friesen is on page 49 of 262

The language is beautiful—but it’s RELENTLESSLY bleak and dismal…

— Nov 07, 2026 01:30PM

Darryl Friesen is on page 45 of 262

So much that is “drear,” “horror,” “grief,” “desolate,”… It’s a bit repetitive…

— Nov 06, 2026 03:53AM

Darryl Friesen is on page 41 of 262

— Nov 05, 2026 05:25AM