by Emily Brontë (1818 - 1848)
There should be no despair for you
Language: English
There should be no despair for you While nightly stars are burning While evening pours its silent dew And sunshine gilds the morning There should be no despair though tears May flow down like a river Are not the best beloved of years Around your heart forever? They weep you weep it must be so Winds sigh as you are sighing And winter sheds its grief in snow When autumn leaves are lying Yet these revive and from their fate Your fate cannot be parted Then journey on if not elate Then never broken-hearted!
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Note: in the Fisk work, this is sung by CatherineAuthorship:
- by Emily Brontë (1818 - 1848), "Sympathy", appears in Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell, first published 1846 [author's text not yet checked 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 , "There should be no despair for you
", published 2002 [voice, piano], from Wuthering Heights, no. 19. [text verified 1 time]
- by Freda Mary Swain (1902 - 1985), "Sympathy", 1934. [baritone or mezzo-soprano and piano ensemble] [text not verified]
Researcher for this page: Terry Fisk
This text was added to the website: 2004-03-22
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Word count: 94