by Emily Brontë (1818 - 1848)
Ah why because the dazzling sun
Language: English
Ah why because the dazzling sun Restored our earth to joy Have you departed every one And left a desert sky? All through the night your glorious eyes Were gazing down in mine And with a full hearts thankful sighs I blessed that watch divine I was at peace, and drank your beams As they were life to me And revelled in my changeful dreams Like petrel on the sea Thought followed thought, star followed star Through boundless regions on While one sweet influence near and far Thrilled through, and proved us one Why did the morning dawn to break So great so pure a spell And scorch with fire, the tranquil cheek Where your cool radiance fell? Blood red, he rose and arrow straight His fierce beams struck my brow The soul of nature sprang elate But mine sank sad and low My lids closed down yet through their veil I saw him blazing still And bathe in gold the misty dale And flash upon the hill I turned me to the pillow then To call back night and see Your worlds of solemn light again Throb with my heart, and me It would not do the pillow glowed And glowed both roof and floor And birds sang loudly in the wood And fresh winds shook the door The curtains waved , the wakened flies Were murmuring round my room Imprisoned there, till I should rise And give them leave to roam Oh, stars, and dreams and gentle night Oh night and stars return And hide me from the hostile light That does not warm, but burn That drains the blood of suffering men Drinks tears, instead of dew Let me sleep through his blinding reign And only wake with you
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Note: in the Fisk work, this is sung by HeathcliffAuthorship:
- by Emily Brontë (1818 - 1848), "Stars", 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 , "Ah why because the dazzling sun
", published 2002 [voice, piano], from Wuthering Heights, no. 39. [text verified 1 time]
- by Alfred Jepson , "Stars", published 1962? [voice and piano] [text not verified]
Set in a modified version by John Mitchell.
Researcher for this page: Terry Fisk
This text was added to the website: 2004-03-22
Line count: 48
Word count: 292