by Emily Brontë (1818 - 1848)
Well, narrower draw the circle round
Language: English
Well, narrower draw the circle round And hush that [scornful]1 solemn sound And quench the lamp and stir the fire To rouse its flickering radiance higher Loop up the window's velvet veil That we may hear the night-wind wail For wild those gusts and well their chimes Blend with a song of troubled times
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View original text (without footnotes)Note: in the Fisk work, this is sung by Nelly
1 Bronte: "organ's"
Authorship:
- by Emily Brontë (1818 - 1848), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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 , "Well, narrower draw the circle round", published 2002 [voice, piano], from Wuthering Heights, no. 7. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Terry Fisk
This text was added to the website: 2004-03-20
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Word count: 54