# Quote — Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

> “My feet they are sore, and my limbs they are weary;
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> Long is the way, and the mountains are wild;
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> Soon will the twilight close moonless and dreary
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> Over the path of the poor orphan child.Why did they send me so far and so lonely,
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> Up where the moors spread and grey rocks are piled?
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> Men are hard-hearted, and kind angels only
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> Watch o’er the steps of a poor orphan child.Yet distant and soft the night breeze is blowing,
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> Clouds there are none, and clear stars beam mild,
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> God, in His mercy, protection is showing,
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> Comfort and hope to the poor orphan child.Ev’n should I fall o’er the broken bridge passing,
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> Or stray in the marshes, by false lights beguiled,
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> Still will my Father, with promise and blessing,
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> Take to His bosom the poor orphan child.There is a thought that for strength should avail me,
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> Though both of shelter and kindred despoiled;
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> Heaven is a home, and a rest will not fail me;
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> God is a friend to the poor orphan child.”

- Author: [Charlotte Brontë](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charlotte-bronte.md)
- Book: [Jane Eyre](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charlotte-bronte/jane-eyre.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charlotte_Bront%C3%AB#Jane_Eyre_(1847)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/charlotte-bronte/jane-eyre/my-feet-they

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