by Emily Brontë (1818 - 1848)
All day I've toiled but not with pain
Language: English
All day I've toiled but not with pain In learning's golden mine And now at eventide again The moonbeams softly shine There is no snow upon the ground No frost on wind or wave The south wind blew with gentlest sound And broke their icy grave Tis sweet to wander here at night To watch the winter die With heart as summer sunshine light And warm as summer's sky O may I never lose the peace That lulls me gently now Through time may change my youthful face And years may shade my brow True to myself and true to all May I be healthful still And turn away from passion's call And curb my own wild will
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Note: in the Fisk work, this is sung by Hareton (stanza 1) and Cathy (stanza 2). They sing the remaining stanzas together.Authorship:
- 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 , "All day I've toiled but not with pain", published 2002 [voice, piano], from Wuthering Heights, no. 46. [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: 118