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.
Text 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]
- by John Woods Duke (1899 - 1984), "The house on the hill", 1981 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- 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]
- by Louise Souther , "The house on the hill", published 1932 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-06-17
Line count: 19
Word count: 102