by Emily Brontë (1818 - 1848)
The starry night shall comfort bring
Language: English
The starry night shall comfort bring: Go out upon the breezy moor; Watch for a bird with sable [wing]2 And beak and talons dropping gore. It will perch on a heathy swell Against the light of the coming moon; Then, poor wretch, thy misery tell: Thou shalt have the wished-for boon.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Jeffreys: "wings" (in the facsimile edition) ; however, sometimes sung "wing".
Authorship:
- by Emily Brontë (1818 - 1848), no title, written 1838 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by John Jeffreys (1927 - 2010), "The lone bird" [voice and piano] [text verified 1 time]
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Researcher for this page: Peter Palmer
This text was added to the website: 2010-09-11
Line count: 8
Word count: 51