Emily Brontë Inspired Still Life With Cotton Grass

 


"But angel like, when I awoke,

Thy silvery form so soft and fair

Shining through darkness, sweetly spoke

Of cloudy skies and mountains bare"

~ Emily Jane Brontë ~










Cotton Grass - Haworth Moor

Vase - The Store, Haworth

Little Brontë Book - EmilyInGondal

Quill - Brontë Parsonage Museum Shop







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