by Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869 - 1935)
The house on the hill
Language: English
They are all gone away, The House is shut and still, There is nothing more to say. Through broken walls and gray The winds blow bleak and shrill: They are all gone away. Nor is there one to-day To speak them good or ill: There is nothing more to say. Why is it then we stray Around that sunken sill? They are all gone away, And our poor fancy-play For them is wasted skill: There is nothing more to say. There is ruin and decay In the House on the Hill: They are all gone away, There is nothing more to say.
Authorship:
- by Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869 - 1935), "The house on the hill", appears in The Children of the Night, first published 1897 [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 Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990), "The house on the hill", published 1926. [SSAA chorus a cappella] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by John Woods Duke (1899 - 1984), "The house on the hill", 1981. [medium voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Stanley Grill (b. 1953), "The House on the Hill", subtitle: "a villanelle by Edward Arlington Robinson", copyright © 2018 [satb chorus], confirmed with an online score [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Thomas Mirante (b. 1931), "The house on the hill", published 1968. [SATB chorus and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Louise Souther , "The house on the hill", published 1932. [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-06-17
Line count: 19
Word count: 102