by Emily Brontë (1818 - 1848)
I know not how it falls on me
Language: English
I know not how it falls on me, This summer evening, hushed and lone; Yet the faint wind comes soothingly With something of an olden tone. Forgive me if I've shunned so long Your gentle greeting, earth and air! But sorrow withers [e'en]1 the strong, And who can fight against despair?
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Text Authorship:
- by Emily Brontë (1818 - 1848), no title, appears in The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë, first published 1910 [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 Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "Gentle greeting", 194-?, published 1952 [ voice, piano ], from Quiet Airs, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Nick Peros (b. 1963), "I know not how it falls on me" [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 52