by Emily Brontë (1818 - 1848)
Translation by Terry Fisk
Stern reason is to judgment come
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
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Note: in the Fisk work, this is sung by LockwoodNote: Fisk has made substantial omissions from the original text
Text Authorship:
- by Terry Fisk [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Terry Fisk , "Stern reason is to judgment come", published 2002, from Wuthering Heights, no. 2 [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Terry Fisk
This text was added to the website: 2004-02-05
Line count: 13
Word count: 68