by Emily Brontë (1818 - 1848)
When days of beauty deck the earth
Language: English
Our translations: DUT
When days of beauty deck the earth Or stormy nights descend How well my spirit knows the path On which it ought to wend It seeks the consecrated spot Beloved in childhood's years The space between is all forgot Its sufferings and its tears
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Note: in the Fisk work, this is sung by CathyText Authorship:
- by Emily Brontë (1818 - 1848) [author's text not yet checked 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 Terry Fisk , "When days of beauty deck the earth", published 2002 [ voice, piano ], from Wuthering Heights, no. 47 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ola Gjeilo (b. 1978), "Days of Beauty", 2017 [ chorus and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lidy van Noordenburg) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Terry Fisk
This text was added to the website: 2004-03-22
Line count: 8
Word count: 44