Texts by E. Brontë set in Art Songs and Choral Works

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Emily Brontë (1818 - 1848)

Ellis Bell [pseudonym]

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Ah! because the dazzling sun - J. Mitchell
Ah! why, because the dazzling sun (from Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell) - T. Fisk, A. Jepson (Stars)
A little budding rose (It was a little budding rose) - R. Beckett
All day I've toiled but not with pain - T. Fisk
All hushed and still within the house (All hushed and still within the house) - C. Brown
All hushed and still within the house - C. Brown, T. Fisk
All hushed and still
A lonely landscape (The battle has passed from the height) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - R. Long GER ITA
A messenger of Hope, comes every night to me (from Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell) (The Prisoner) - J. Duke
And first an hour of mournful musing - T. Fisk
And like myself alone, wholly alone (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - J. Joubert, J. Mitchell
A spell (The night is darkening round me) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - J. Mitchell
Autumn (Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away) (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - R. Stoker
A vision (I saw a spirit standing, Man) - J. Mitchell
Awaken on all my dear moorlands the wind in its glory and pride! - J. Mitchell
Awaking morning laughs from heaven (Awaking morning laughs from heaven) - N. Peros
Awaking morning laughs from heaven - T. Fisk, N. Peros
Aye there it is - it wakes tonight - T. Fisk
Bright or cloudy (Will the day be bright or cloudy?) - J. Mitchell
Caged Bird (And like myself alone, wholly alone) (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - J. Joubert
Celebration (High waving heather, beneath stormy blasts bending) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - J. Mitchell
Child of delight what brings you here
Child of Delight! with sunbright hair - J. Mitchell
Child of Delight! (Child of Delight! with sunbright hair) - J. Mitchell
Child of delight - T. Fisk
Cold, clear, and blue, the morning heaven (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - E. Ballantine, T. Fisk, J. Mitchell
Cold in the earth, the deep snow piled above thee! (from Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell) - J. Duke, T. Fisk, A. Jepson, L. Klein, J. Littlejohn, J. Mitchell, B. Montgomery (Remembrance)
Cold in the earth (Cold in the earth, the deep snow piled above thee!) (from Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell) - J. Mitchell
Come hither child who gifted thee - T. Fisk
Come, the wind may never again (Come, the wind may never again) (from Gondal Poems) - C. Brown
Come, the wind may never again (from Gondal Poems) - C. Brown
Come, walk with me (Come, walk with me) - J. Mitchell
Come, walk with me - J. Mitchell
Companions all day long we've stood - T. Fisk
Days of Beauty (When days of beauty deck the earth) - O. Gjeilo DUT
Death, that struck when I was most confiding - J. Littlejohn, J. Mitchell (Death)
Death (Death, that struck when I was most confiding) - J. Mitchell
Douglas' ride (What rider up Gobeloin's glen) - J. Mitchell
Enough of thought philosopher - T. Fisk
Eternity (Death, that struck when I was most confiding) - J. Littlejohn
Evening landscape (The sun has set, and the long grass now) - J. Mitchell
Fair sinks the summer evening now CHI - T. Fisk
Faith (No coward soul is mine) (from Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey) - D. Leisner
Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away (Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away) (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - P. Harrison
Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - R. Beckett, D. Bohlen, H. Bright, C. Brown, A. Cooke, P. Harrison, N. Peros, R. Stoker, R. Werther
Fall, leaves, fall (Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away) (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - R. Beckett, D. Bohlen, H. Bright, C. Brown, A. Cooke, N. Peros, R. Werther
F. De Samara to A. G. A. (Light up thy halls! 'Tis closing day) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed)
For him who struck thy foreign string (from Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey) - A. Jepson, D. Leisner (The Lady to her Guitar)
For the Moors (Awaken on all my dear moorlands the wind in its glory and pride!) - J. Mitchell
For the moors (Loud without the wind was roaring) (from Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey) - A. Jepson
From our evening fireside now - T. Fisk
Gentle greeting (I know not how it falls on me) (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - E. Bacon
Harp of wild and dream-like strain (Harp of wild and dreamy strain, when I touch thy strings) (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - L. Klein
Harp of wild and dreamy strain, when I touch thy strings (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - J. Joubert, L. Klein, J. Mitchell
Harp (Harp of wild and dreamy strain, when I touch thy strings) (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - J. Joubert
Heavy hangs the raindrop - T. Fisk
He comes with western winds, with evening's wandering airs - J. Mitchell
Here with my knee upon thy stone - T. Fisk
High waving heather, beneath stormy blasts bending (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - J. Duke, T. Fisk, J. Joubert, J. Littlejohn, J. Mitchell
High waving heather, 'neath stormy blasts bending (High waving heather, beneath stormy blasts bending) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - J. Littlejohn
High waving heather, 'neath stormy blasts bending (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed)
Hope was but a timid friend - J. Mitchell
Hope (Hope was but a timid friend) - J. Mitchell
How Clear She Shines (How clear she shines!) - T. Fisk, A. Jepson, J. Mitchell
How few of all the hearts are grieving
How few of all the hearts that loved are grieving
How few of all the hearts that loved - T. Fisk
How loud the storm sounds round the Hall! (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - R. Long
How still, how happy! Those are words (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - R. Werther
How still, how happy (How still, how happy! Those are words) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - R. Werther
I am the only being whose doom (I am the only being whose doom) - J. Littlejohn
I am the only being whose doom - J. Littlejohn
I did not sleep twas noon of day - T. Fisk
If grief for grief can touch thee (If grief for grief can touch thee) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - J. Littlejohn
If grief for grief can touch thee (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - T. Fisk, J. Littlejohn, R. Werther
I gazed upon the cloudless moon (I gazed upon the cloudless moon) - N. Peros
I gazed upon the cloudless moon - N. Peros
I know not how it falls on me (I know not how it falls on me) (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - N. Peros
I know not how it falls on me (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - E. Bacon, N. Peros
I'll come when thou art saddest (I'll come when thou art saddest) - R. Beckett, N. Peros
I'll come when thou art saddest - R. Beckett, T. Fisk, N. Peros
I'm happiest now when most away (I'm happiest when most away) (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - P. Harrison
I'm happiest when most away (I'm happiest when most away) (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - J. Mitchell
I'm happiest when most away (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - J. Duke, T. Fisk, P. Harrison, J. Mitchell
Immortality (No coward soul is mine) (from Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey) - J. Joubert
In summer moonlight (Moonlight, summer moonlight) - J. Mitchell
In summer's mellow midnight - A. Butterworth, T. Fisk, M. Sutherland (The Night-Wind)
In the dungeon-crypts, idly did I stray (from Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell) - J. Duke (The Prisoner)
In the earth -- the earth -- thou shalt be laid (from Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey) - J. Littlejohn (Warning and Reply)
I paused on the threshold - T. Fisk
I saw a spirit standing, Man - J. Mitchell
I see around me tombstones grey - T. Fisk
It was a little budding rose - R. Beckett
It was not a summer's day
I would have touched the heavenly key - T. Fisk
Lady in your palace hall - T. Fisk
Lake Werna's Water (Cold, clear, and blue, the morning heaven) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - E. Ballantine
Light up the halls tis closing day - T. Fisk
Light up thy halls! 'Tis closing day (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - J. Littlejohn (F. De Samara to A. G. A.)
Light up thy halls (Light up thy halls! 'Tis closing day) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - J. Littlejohn
Lonely at her window sitting (Lonely at her window sitting) - N. Peros
Lonely at her window sitting - R. Beckett, N. Peros
Lonely at her window (Lonely at her window sitting) - R. Beckett
Loud without the wind was roaring (from Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey) - A. Jepson, M. Sutherland
Love and Friendship (Love is like the wild rose-briar) (from Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey) - R. Beckett, J. Duke, Einna, J. Ireland, A. Jepson, D. Leisner
Love is like the wild rose-briar (from Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey) - R. Beckett, J. Clements, J. Coulthard, J. Duke, Einna, H. Horrocks, J. Ireland, A. Jepson, D. Leisner (Love and Friendship)
Lullaby (This shall be thy lullaby) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - R. Long, J. Mitchell
Mild the mist upon the hill (Mild the mist upon the hill) - N. Peros
Mild the mist upon the hill - R. Beckett, N. Peros
Mild the mist (Mild the mist upon the hill) - R. Beckett
Moonlight, summer moonlight - J. Mitchell
My lady dreams (The linnet in the rocky dells) (from Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell) - J. Mitchell
No coward soul is mine (No coward soul is mine) (from Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey) - I. Boyle, J. Dixon, C. Dougherty, J. Littlejohn, J. Mitchell, G. Shaw, R. Stevenson, P. Tranchell
No coward soul is mine (from Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey) - I. Boyle, J. Dixon, C. Dougherty, T. Fisk, J. Joubert, L. Klein, D. Leisner, J. Littlejohn, J. Mitchell, G. Shaw, R. Stevenson, P. Tranchell
Now trusts a heart that trusts in you - T. Fisk
O evening, why is thy light so sad (O evening, why is thy light so sad) - N. Peros
O evening, why is thy light so sad - R. Beckett, N. Peros
O Evening (O evening, why is thy light so sad) - R. Beckett
O for the time when I shall sleep without Identity - J. Mitchell
Often rebuked, yet always back returning GER - T. Fisk, J. Littlejohn (Stanzas)
O hinder me by no delay - J. Mitchell
Oh, thy bright eyes must answer now (Oh, thy bright eyes must answer now) (from Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell) - J. Littlejohn
Oh, thy bright eyes must answer now (from Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell) - J. Littlejohn (Plead For Me)
Old Hall of Elbe, ruined, lonely now - J. Mitchell
On a sunny brae alone I lay - T. Fisk
On the moors (High waving heather, beneath stormy blasts bending) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - J. Duke
Oracle (Tell me, tell me, smiling child) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - J. Joubert
O transient voyager of heaven - T. Fisk
Plead For Me (Oh, thy bright eyes must answer now) (from Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell)
Redbreast early in the morning ()
Remembrance (Cold in the earth, the deep snow piled above thee!) (from Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell) - J. Duke, A. Jepson, J. Littlejohn, B. Montgomery
Requiem -- Nocturne ('Tis moonlight, summer moonlight) (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - T. Pitfield
Riches I hold in light esteem (Riches I hold in light esteem) - J. Bove
Riches I hold in light esteem - J. Bove, J. Duke, R. Owens, T. Pasatieri (The old stoic)
Roundelay (Love is like the wild rose-briar) (from Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey) - J. Coulthard
Shall Earth no more inspire thee (Shall Earth no more inspire thee) - J. Mitchell
Shall Earth no more inspire thee - J. Mitchell
She dried her tears and they did smile - R. Beckett, N. Peros
She dried her tears (She dried her tears and they did smile) - R. Beckett, N. Peros
Silent is the house (from Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey) - A. Butterworth, T. Fisk, L. Klein (The Visionary)
Sleep brings no joy to me (Sleep brings no joy to me) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - E. Maconchy, N. Peros
Sleep brings no joy to me (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - J. Joubert, E. Maconchy, R. Owens, N. Peros
Sleep brings no joy (Sleep brings no joy to me) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - R. Owens
Sleep, mourner, sleep! -- I cannot sleep [misattributed] - J. Hall
Sleep, mourner, sleep! (Sleep, mourner, sleep! -- I cannot sleep) - J. Hall [misattributed]
Sleep (Sleep brings no joy to me) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - J. Joubert
Song (The linnet in the rocky dells) (from Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell) - J. Littlejohn
Song (This shall be thy lullaby) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - J. Hall
Spell (The night is darkening round me) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - F. Piket
Stanzas (Often rebuked, yet always back returning) - J. Littlejohn GER
Stars (Ah! because the dazzling sun) - J. Mitchell
Stars (Ah! why, because the dazzling sun) (from Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell) - A. Jepson
Stern reason is to judgment come - T. Fisk
Still beside that dreary water (Still beside that dreary water) - N. Peros
Still beside that dreary water - R. Beckett, N. Peros
Still beside the dreary water (Still beside that dreary water) - R. Beckett
Storm (High waving heather, beneath stormy blasts bending) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - J. Joubert
Storm (How loud the storm sounds round the Hall!) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - R. Long
Sympathy (There should be no despair for you) (from Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell) - F. Swain
Tell me, tell me, smiling child (Tell me, tell me, smiling child) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - R. Beckett, J. Mitchell, N. Peros
Tell me, tell me, smiling child (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - R. Beckett, T. Fisk, J. Joubert, J. Mitchell, R. Owens, N. Peros, R. Werther
Tell me, tell me (Tell me, tell me, smiling child) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - R. Owens, R. Werther
The appeal (If grief for grief can touch thee) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - R. Werther
The battle had passed from the height - T. Fisk
The battle has passed from the height (The battle has passed from the height) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - P. Harrison GER ITA
The battle has passed from the height (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) GER ITA - P. Harrison, R. Long
The caged bird (And like myself alone, wholly alone) (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - J. Mitchell
The darkened woods (Woods, you need not frown on me) - J. Mitchell
The evening sun was sinking down (The evening sun was sinking down) - N. Peros
The evening sun was sinking down - R. Beckett, N. Peros
The evening sun (The evening sun was sinking down) - R. Beckett
The fallen leaf (The wind was rough which tore) (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - L. Klein
The Farewell (No coward soul is mine) (from Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey) - L. Klein
The Grave (Cold in the earth, the deep snow piled above thee!) (from Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell) - L. Klein
The harp (Harp of wild and dreamy strain, when I touch thy strings) (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - J. Mitchell
The Holly Tree (Love is like the wild rose-briar) (from Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey) - J. Clements, H. Horrocks
The Lady to her Guitar (For him who struck thy foreign string) (from Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey) - A. Jepson, D. Leisner
The linnet in the rocky dells (from Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell) - A. Butterworth, T. Fisk, J. Littlejohn, J. Mitchell (Song)
The linnet in the rocky dells (The linnet in the rocky dells) (from Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell) - A. Butterworth
The lone bird (The starry night shall comfort bring) - J. Jeffreys
The Messenger (He comes with western winds, with evening's wandering airs) - J. Mitchell
The messenger (In the dungeon-crypts, idly did I stray) (from Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell) - J. Duke
The night is darkening round me (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - P. Harrison, L. Klein, L. Lehrman, J. Mitchell, F. Piket (The night is darkening round me)
The night is darknening round me (The night is darkening round me) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - P. Harrison
The night of storms has passed - T. Fisk
The night was dark yet winter breathed - T. Fisk
The Night-Wind (In summer's mellow midnight) - A. Butterworth, M. Sutherland
The Night Wind (There it is!) - J. Mitchell
The Old Hall (Old Hall of Elbe, ruined, lonely now) - J. Mitchell
The old stoic (Riches I hold in light esteem) - J. Duke, R. Owens, T. Pasatieri
The pessimist (O for the time when I shall sleep without Identity) - J. Mitchell
The Prisoner (In the dungeon-crypts, idly did I stray) (from Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell)
There are two trees in a lonely field (There are two trees in a lonely field) - N. Peros
There are two trees in a lonely field - R. Beckett, N. Peros
There are two trees (There are two trees in a lonely field) - R. Beckett
There it is! It wakes tonight sweet thoughts that will not die
There it is! - J. Mitchell
There should be no despair for you (from Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell) - T. Fisk, F. Swain (Sympathy)
The soft unclouded blue of air (The soft unclouded blue of air) - R. Beckett, N. Peros
The soft unclouded blue of air - R. Beckett, N. Peros
The starry night shall comfort bring - J. Jeffreys
The starry night shall tidings bring (The starry night shall tidings bring) (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - P. Harrison
The starry night shall tidings bring (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - P. Harrison (The starry night)
The starry night shall tidings bring:
The starry night (The starry night shall tidings bring) (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë)
The sun has set, and the long grass now (The sun has set, and the long grass now) - N. Peros
The sun has set, and the long grass now - R. Beckett, J. Mitchell, N. Peros
The sun has set (The sun has set, and the long grass now) - R. Beckett
The traveler (O hinder me by no delay) - J. Mitchell
The visionary (Silent is the house) (from Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey) - A. Butterworth, L. Klein
The wind was rough which tore (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - T. Fisk, L. Klein (The wind was rough which tore)
This shall be thy lullaby (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - J. Hall, R. Long, J. Mitchell (Song)
Thou standest in the greenwoods now - T. Fisk
'Tis moonlight, summer moonlight ('Tis moonlight, summer moonlight) (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - P. Harrison, L. Klein
'Tis moonlight, summer moonlight (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - P. Harrison, L. Klein, T. Pitfield
To Imagination (When weary with the long day's care) - D. Leisner, J. Mitchell
Twas one of those dark and cloudy days (Twas one of those dark, cloudy days) - R. Beckett
'Twas one of those dark, cloudy days (Twas one of those dark, cloudy days) - N. Peros
Twas one of those dark, cloudy days - R. Beckett, N. Peros
Warning and reply (In the earth -- the earth -- thou shalt be laid) (from Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey) - J. Littlejohn
Was it with the fields of green (Was it with the fields of green) - N. Peros
Was it with the fields of green - N. Peros
Well, narrower draw the circle round - T. Fisk
Well some may hate and some may scorn - T. Fisk
What rider up Gobeloin's glen - J. Mitchell
What woke? A little child (Redbreast early in the morning) - T. Fisk
When days of beauty deck the earth DUT - T. Fisk, O. Gjeilo
When weary with the long day's care - D. Leisner, J. Mitchell
Why ask to know the date the clime? - T. Fisk
Why do I hate that lone green dell? - T. Fisk
Will the day be bright or cloudy? - J. Mitchell
Wind and the words (Loud without the wind was roaring) (from Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey) - M. Sutherland
Winter Reflection (Cold, clear, and blue, the morning heaven) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - J. Mitchell
Woods, you need not frown on me - J. Mitchell
Worlds of Light (I'm happiest when most away) (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - J. Duke

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