1. Anne Bronte Home

2. “My soul is awakened, my spirit is soaring”

3. Home How brightly glistening in the sun The woodland ivy plays! While yonder beeches from their barks Reflect his silver rays. That sun surveys a lovely scene From softly smiling skies; And wildly through unnumbered trees The wind of winter sighs: Now loud, it thunders o'er my head, And now in distance dies. But give me back my barren hills Where colder breezes rise; Where scarce the scattered, stunted trees Can yield an answering swell, But where a wilderness of heath Returns the sound as well.

4. For yonder garden, fair and wide, With groves of evergreen, Long winding walks, and borders trim, And velvet lawns between; Restore to me that little spot, With grey walls compassed round, Where knotted grass neglected lies, And weeds usurp the ground. Though all around this mansion high Invites the foot to roam, And though its halls are fair within -- Oh, give me back my HOME!

5. Exercises I.Match the words and their definitions.

6. 1. to glisten a)not existing in large quantity; 2. lovely b) to let out a long, deep breath that shows you are tired, sad or disappointed; 3. to survey c) to shine; 4. to sigh d) a type of cloth made of cotton or other material, with a soft thick surface on one side only; 5. barren e) to look carefully at the whole of sth; 6. scarce f) an area of open land that is not used for farming and that is often covered with rough grass and wild plants; 7. heath g) to walk or travel with no particular plan or aim; 8. grove h) beautiful or attractive; 9. velvet i) a small group of trees, especially of no particular type; 10.to roam j) not good enough for plants to grow on.

7. 1. to glisten c) to shine; 2. lovely h) beautiful or attractive; 3. to surveye) to look carefully at the whole of sth; 4. to sighb) to let out a long, deep breath that shows you are tired, sad or disappointed; 5. barrenj) not good enough for plants to grow on; 6. scarcea) not existing in large quantity; 7. heathf) an area of open land that is not used for farming and that is often covered with rough grass and wild plants; 8. grovei) a small group of trees, especially of no particular type; 9. velvetd) a type of cloth made of cotton or other material, with a soft thick surface on one side only; 10.to roamg) to walk or travel with no particular plan or aim.

8. II. Find the synonyms to the given words and illustrate them with the examples from the poem.

9. 1.to glitter, to sparkle, to shine - (to glisten); 2. attractive, charming, fascinating - (lovely); 3. innumerable, countless - (unnumbered); 4. to wander - (to roam); 5. copse, small wood - (a grove).

10. 1.to glisten: How brightly glistening in the sun the woodland ivy plays! 2.lovely: The sun surveys a lovely scene from softly smiling skies… 3.unnumbered: And wildly through unnumbered trees there wind of winter sighs… 4.to roam: Though all around this mansion high invites the foot to roam… 5.a grove: For yonder garden, fair and wide, with groves of evergreens…

11. III. What is spoken about? Find the words in the poem. 1.to sigh wildly, loud, to thunder, to die – (wind) 2. silver rays, to survey – (sun) 3. softly smiling – (sky)

12. 1. wind And wildly through unnumbered trees The wind of winter sighs: Now loud, it thunders o'er my head, And now in distance dies. 2. sun a). While yonder beeches from their barks Reflect his silver rays. b). That sun surveys a lovely scene… 3. sky From softly smiling skies.

13. IV. Find two names of the trees in the poem. 1. ivy2. beech

14. V. Describe the picture. Use the given words

15. To glisten brightly in the sun; to reflect silver rays; to survey lonely scene; softly smiling sun; barren hills; a wilderness of heath; to return the sound; a grove; to roam.