by Anne Brontë (1820 - 1849)
My soul is awakened, my spirit is...
Language: English
My soul is awakened, my spirit is soaring, And carried aloft on the wings of the breeze; For, above, and around me, the wild wind is roaring, Arousing to rapture the earth and the seas. The long withered grass in the sunshine is glancing, The bare trees are tossing their branches on high; The dead leaves beneath them are merrily dancing, The white clouds are scudding across the blue sky. I wish I could see how the ocean is lashing The foam of its billows to whirlwinds of spray, I wish I could see how its proud waves are dashing And hear the wild roar of their thunder today!
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Authorship
- by Anne Brontë (1820 - 1849), "Lines composed in a Wood on a windy day", appears in Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell, first published 1846 [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 John Basil Hugh Longmire (1902 - 1986), "My soul is awakened", published 1938. [2-part chorus of female voices, piano] [text not verified]
- by Arthur John Pritchard , "In a wood on a windy day", published 1959. [SS chorus a cappella] [text not verified]
- by John Ramsden Williamson (1929 - 2015), "Lines composed in a Wood on a windy day" [baritone and piano] [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2004-04-15
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Word count: 109