To Cowper and other poems : autograph manuscript of 9 poems, signed, 1842–1845
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900
“A Word to the Calvinists” (pp. 18–21)
Dated 28 May 1843, when Brontë was twenty-three. First published in Poems (1846) with title “A Word to the ‘Elect.’” Poem 22 in Chitham (1979).
And, wherefore should you love your God the more
Because to you alone his smiles are given
Because he chose to pass the many o’er
And only bring the favoured few to Heaven?
And, wherefore should your hearts more grateful prove
Because for all the Saviour did not die
Is yours the God of Justice and of Love
And are your bosomes warm with charity?
Say does your heart expand to all mankind
And would you ever to your neighbour do
The weak the strong the enlightened, and the blind
As you would have your neighbour do to you?
And when you ye looking upon on your fellow men
And see Behold them doomed to endless misery
Text as published in Poems (1846)
And, wherefore should you love your God the more,
Because to you alone his smiles are given;
Because he chose to pass the many o’er,
And only bring the favoured few to Heaven?
And, wherefore should your hearts more grateful prove,
Because for ALL the Saviour did not die?
Is yours the God of justice and of love?
And are your bosoms warm with charity?
Say, does your heart expand to all mankind?
And, would you ever to your neighbor do–
The weak, the strong, the enlightened, and the blind—
As you would have your neighbour do to you?
And, when you, looking on your fellow-men,
Behold them doomed to endless misery,
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