"No coward soul is mine"
I was born a woman
I am a proud woman
My soul is old and hard
And I am versed with bard.
"No trembler in the world's storm-troubled sphere"
My body and soul, coupled, holds no fear...
I am a strong woman and that is clear.
This world is a much bigger place than I...
Storms grow me stronger and I go higher.
"I see Heaven's glories shine"
I see the skies and its clouds...
The sky in its shades of blue
And the clouds are one into crowds
As the sun and moon glows strew.
"And Faith shines equal arming me from Fear"
I hold faith in truth, It is who I am;
I am a woman that will eat her yams.
There is strength in nature and in its foods;
I am built strong but have my moods.
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Author Notes
No Coward Soul Is Mine
BY EMILY BRONTE
No coward soul is mine
No trembler in the world's storm-troubled sphere
I see Heaven's glories shine
And Faith shines equal arming me from Fear
O God within my breast
Almighty ever-present Deity
Life, that in me hast rest,
As I Undying Life, have power in Thee
Vain are the thousand creeds
That move men's hearts, unutterably vain,
Worthless as withered weeds
Or idlest froth amid the boundless main
To waken doubt in one
Holding so fast by thy infinity,
So surely anchored on
The steadfast rock of Immortality.
With wide-embracing love
Thy spirit animates eternal years
Pervades and broods above,
Changes, sustains, dissolves, creates and rears
Though earth and moon were gone
And suns and universes ceased to be
And Thou wert left alone
Every Existence would exist in thee
There is not room for Death
Nor atom that his might could render void
Since thou art Being and Breath
And what thou art may never be destroyed.
REFERENCES:
1) "No Coward Soul Is Mine" by Emily Bronte, Poetry Foundation - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43712/no-coward-soul-is-mine
2) Rhyme Zone - https://www.rhymezone.com/
3) How Many Syllables - https://www.howmanysyllables.com/syllable_counter/
4) NaPoWriMo April 2022 Day 3 with links to Glosa Poetry - https://www.napowrimo.net/
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