by Emily Brontë (1818 - 1848)
The battle had passed from the height
Language: English
The battle had passed from the height And still did evening fall While evening with its hosts of night Gloriously canopied all The dead around were sleeping On heath and granite grey And the dying their last watch were keeping In the closing of the day
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- by Emily Brontë (1818 - 1848) [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 , "The battle had passed from the height", published 2002 [voice, piano], from Wuthering Heights, no. 40. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Terry Fisk
This text was added to the website: 2004-03-22
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Word count: 46