The wind was rough which tore
The leaf from its parent tree
The fate was cruel which bore
The withering corpse to me
 ... 

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

Composition:

Set to music by Terry Fisk , no title, published 2002, lines 1-4 [ voice, piano ], from Wuthering Heights, no. 28

Text Authorship:

• by Emily Brontë (1818 - 1848), "The wind was rough which tore", appears in The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë, first published 1910

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Researcher for this page: Terry Fisk

This text was added to the website: 2004-03-22
Line count: 9
Word count: 52