by Emily Brontë (1818 - 1848)
Language: English
I'm happiest when most away I can bear my soul from its home of clay On a windy night when the moon is bright And the eye can wander thru worlds of light When I am not and none beside Nor earth nor sea nor cloudless sky But only spirit wandering wide Thru infinite immensity.
Note: in the Fisk work, this is sung by Edgar
Researcher for this page: Victoria Brago
Composition:
- Set to music by Terry Fisk , no title, published 2002 [ voice, piano ], from Wuthering Heights, no. 33
Text Authorship:
- by Emily Brontë (1818 - 1848), no title, appears in The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë, first published 1910
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Researcher for this page: Victoria Brago
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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