by Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869 - 1935)
The House on the Hill Matches original text
Language: English
They are all gone away, The House is shut and still, There is nothing more to say. Through broken walls and gray The winds blow bleak and shrill: They are all gone away. Nor is there one to-day To speak them good or ill: There is nothing more to say. Why is it then we stray Around that sunken sill? They are all gone away, And our poor fancy-play For them is wasted skill: There is nothing more to say. There is ruin and decay In the House on the Hill: They are all gone away, There is nothing more to say.
Composition:
- Set to music by Stanley Grill (b. 1953), "The House on the Hill", subtitle: "a villanelle by Edward Arlington Robinson", copyright © 2018 [ satb chorus ], confirmed with an online score
Text Authorship:
- by Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869 - 1935), "The house on the hill", appears in The Children of the Night, first published 1897
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-06-17
Line count: 19
Word count: 102