The night is darkening round me, <br />The wild winds coldly blow ; <br />But a tyrant spell has bound me, <br />And I cannot, cannot go. <br /> <br />The giant trees are bending <br />Their bare boughs weighed with snow ; <br />The storm is fast descending, <br />And yet I cannot go. <br /> <br />Clouds beyond clouds above me, <br />Wastes beyond wastes below ; <br />But nothing drear can move me : <br />I will not, cannot go.<br /><br />Emily Jane Brontë<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-night-is-darkening-around-me/
