by Emily Brontë (1818 - 1848)
Translation by Terry Fisk
Language: English after the English
Stern reason is to judgment come Arrayed in all her forms of gloom Will thou my advocate be dumb? Speak and say Why I did cast the world away Why I have preserved to shun The common paths that others run And on a strange road journeyed on Heedless alike of wealth and power Of honours wreath and pleasures flower.. Speak and say Why I have chosen here
Note: in the Fisk work, this is sung by Lockwood
Note: Fisk has made substantial omissions from the original text
Researcher for this page: Terry Fisk
Note: Fisk has made substantial omissions from the original text
Composition:
- Set to music by Terry Fisk , no title, published 2002, from Wuthering Heights, no. 2
Text Authorship:
- by Terry Fisk [an adaptation]
Based on:
- a text in English by Emily Brontë (1818 - 1848), "Plead For Me", appears in Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell, first published 1846
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Researcher for this page: Terry Fisk
This text was added to the website: 2004-02-05
Line count: 13
Word count: 68