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Charlotte Bronte Poem Sells for $140,000

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The manuscript contains a poem written by the 13 year old author and sold for £92,450:

Signed C Brontë, and dated by her on 14 December 1829, “I’ve been wandering in the greenwoods” is written on a piece of paper measuring just three inches square, and is difficult to read without a magnifying glass. Charlotte and her siblings all wrote in a tiny hand, to make the most of a scarce and expensive paper supply, but they were also short-sighted, so would have been able to see what they were writing themselves, even it was illegible to others.

I’ve Been Wandering in the Greenwoods

I’ve been wandering in the greenwoods 
And mid flowery smiling plains 
I’ve been listening to the dark floods 
To the thrushes thrilling strains

I have gathered the pale primrose
And the purple violet sweet
I’ve been where the Asphodel grows
And where lives the red deer fleet.

I’ve been to the distant mountain,
To the silver singing rill
By the crystal murmering fountain,
And the shady verdant hill.

I’ve been where the poplar is springing 
From the fair Inamelled ground 
Where the nightingale is singing 
With a solemn plaintive sound.