by Emily Brontë (1818 - 1848)
I'm happiest when most away Matches base text
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 John Mitchell (b. 1941), "I'm happiest when most away", op. 24 no. 7 (1977), from The Earth, the Wind, and the Sky, no. 7
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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Word count: 55