Well, narrower draw the circle round
And hush that scornful solemn sound
And quench the lamp and stir the fire
To rouse its flickering radiance higher

Loop up the window's velvet veil
That we may hear the night-wind wail
For wild those gusts and well their chimes
Blend with a song of troubled times

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Note: in the Fisk work, this is sung by Nelly

Text Authorship:

• by Emily Brontë (1818 - 1848), no title [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 Terry Fisk , "Well, narrower draw the circle round", published 2002 [voice, piano], from Wuthering Heights, no. 7. [
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Researcher for this page: Terry Fisk

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