• Yes, as my swift days near their goal, 'tis all that I implore: In life and death a chainless soul, with courage to endure.

    Emily Bronte: Yes, as my swift days near their goal, 'tis all that I implore: In life and death a chainless soul, with courage to endure.
    Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Anne Bronte (2014). “Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell”, p.133, The Floating Press