Texts by E. Brontë set in Art Songs and Choral Works

Text Collections:

• Gondal Poems
• Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed
• Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell
• The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë
• Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey

Texts set in art song or choral works (not necessarily comprehensive):

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• Ah! because the dazzling sun (from Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell) - J. Mitchell (Stars)
• Ah why because the dazzling sun (from Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell) - T. Fisk, A. Jepson (Stars)
• A little budding rose (It was a little budding rose) - R. Beckett
• All day I've toiled but not with pain - T. Fisk
• All hushed and still within the house (All hushed and still within the house) - C. Brown
• All hushed and still within the house - C. Brown, T. Fisk
• All hushed and still
• A lonely landscape (The battle has passed from the height) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - R. Long GER ITA
• A messenger of Hope, comes every night to me (from Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell) (The Prisoner) - J. Duke
• And first an hour of mournful musing - T. Fisk
• And like myself alone, wholly alone (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - J. Joubert, J. Mitchell
• A spell (The night is darkening round me) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - J. Mitchell
• Autumn (Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away) (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - R. Stoker
• A vision (I saw a spirit standing, Man) - J. Mitchell
• Awaken on all my dear moorlands the wind in its glory and pride! - J. Mitchell
• Awaking morning laughs from heaven (Awaking morning laughs from heaven) - N. Peros
• Awaking morning laughs from heaven - T. Fisk, N. Peros
• Aye there it is - it wakes tonight - T. Fisk
• Bright or cloudy (Will the day be bright or cloudy?) - J. Mitchell
• Caged Bird (And like myself alone, wholly alone) (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - J. Joubert
• Celebration (High waving heather, beneath stormy blasts bending) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - J. Mitchell
• Child of delight what brings you here
• Child of Delight! with sunbright hair - J. Mitchell
• Child of Delight! (Child of Delight! with sunbright hair) - J. Mitchell
• Child of delight - T. Fisk
• Cold, clear, and blue, the morning heaven (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - E. Ballantine, T. Fisk, J. Mitchell
• Cold in the earth, the deep snow piled above thee! (from Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell) - J. Duke, T. Fisk, A. Jepson, L. Klein, J. Littlejohn, J. Mitchell, B. Montgomery (Remembrance)
• Cold in the earth (Cold in the earth, the deep snow piled above thee!) (from Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell) - J. Mitchell
• Come hither child who gifted thee - T. Fisk
• Come, the wind may never again (Come, the wind may never again) (from Gondal Poems) - C. Brown
• Come, the wind may never again (from Gondal Poems) - C. Brown
• Come, walk with me (Come, walk with me) - J. Mitchell
• Come, walk with me - J. Mitchell
• Companions all day long we've stood - T. Fisk
• Days of Beauty (When days of beauty deck the earth) - O. Gjeilo DUT
• Death, that struck when I was most confiding - J. Littlejohn, J. Mitchell (Death)
• Death (Death, that struck when I was most confiding) - J. Mitchell
• Douglas' ride (What rider up Gobeloin's glen) - J. Mitchell
• Enough of thought philosopher - T. Fisk
• Eternity (Death, that struck when I was most confiding) - J. Littlejohn
• Evening landscape (The sun has set, and the long grass now) - J. Mitchell
• Fair sinks the summer evening now CHI - T. Fisk
• Faith (No coward soul is mine) (from Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey) - D. Leisner
• Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away (Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away) (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - P. Harrison
• Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - R. Beckett, D. Bohlen, H. Bright, C. Brown, A. Cooke, P. Harrison, N. Peros, R. Stoker, R. Werther
• Fall, leaves, fall (Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away) (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - R. Beckett, D. Bohlen, H. Bright, C. Brown, A. Cooke, N. Peros, R. Werther
• F. De Samara to A. G. A. (Light up thy halls! 'Tis closing day) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed)
• For him who struck thy foreign string (from Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey) - A. Jepson, D. Leisner (The Lady to her Guitar)
• For the Moors (Awaken on all my dear moorlands the wind in its glory and pride!) - J. Mitchell
• For the moors (Loud without the wind was roaring) (from Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey) - A. Jepson
• From our evening fireside now - T. Fisk
• Gentle greeting (I know not how it falls on me) (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - E. Bacon
• Harp of wild and dream-like strain (Harp of wild and dreamy strain, when I touch thy strings) (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - L. Klein
• Harp of wild and dreamy strain, when I touch thy strings (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - J. Joubert, L. Klein, J. Mitchell
• Harp (Harp of wild and dreamy strain, when I touch thy strings) (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - J. Joubert
• Heavy hangs the raindrop - T. Fisk
• He comes with western winds, with evening's wandering airs - J. Mitchell
• Here with my knee upon thy stone - T. Fisk
• High waving heather, beneath stormy blasts bending (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - J. Duke, T. Fisk, J. Joubert, J. Littlejohn, J. Mitchell
• High waving heather, 'neath stormy blasts bending (High waving heather, beneath stormy blasts bending) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - J. Littlejohn
• High waving heather, 'neath stormy blasts bending (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed)
• Hope was but a timid friend - J. Mitchell
• Hope (Hope was but a timid friend) - J. Mitchell
• How Clear She Shines (How clear she shines!) - T. Fisk, A. Jepson, J. Mitchell
• How few of all the hearts are grieving
• How few of all the hearts that loved are grieving
• How few of all the hearts that loved - T. Fisk
• How loud the storm sounds round the Hall! (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - R. Long
• How still, how happy! Those are words (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - R. Werther
• How still, how happy (How still, how happy! Those are words) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - R. Werther
• I am the only being whose doom (I am the only being whose doom) - J. Littlejohn
• I am the only being whose doom - J. Littlejohn
• I did not sleep twas noon of day - T. Fisk
• If grief for grief can touch thee (If grief for grief can touch thee) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - J. Littlejohn
• If grief for grief can touch thee (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - T. Fisk, J. Littlejohn, R. Werther
• I gazed upon the cloudless moon (I gazed upon the cloudless moon) - N. Peros
• I gazed upon the cloudless moon - N. Peros
• I know not how it falls on me (I know not how it falls on me) (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - N. Peros
• I know not how it falls on me (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - E. Bacon, N. Peros
• I'll come when thou art saddest (I'll come when thou art saddest) - R. Beckett, N. Peros
• I'll come when thou art saddest - R. Beckett, T. Fisk, N. Peros
• I'm happiest now when most away (I'm happiest when most away) (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - P. Harrison
• I'm happiest when most away (I'm happiest when most away) (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - J. Mitchell
• I'm happiest when most away (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - J. Duke, T. Fisk, P. Harrison, J. Mitchell
• Immortality (No coward soul is mine) (from Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey) - J. Joubert
• In summer moonlight (Moonlight, summer moonlight) - J. Mitchell
• In summer's mellow midnight - A. Butterworth, T. Fisk, M. Sutherland (The Night-Wind)
• In the dungeon-crypts, idly did I stray (from Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell) - J. Duke (The Prisoner)
• In the earth -- the earth -- thou shalt be laid (from Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey) - J. Littlejohn (Warning and Reply)
• I paused on the threshold - T. Fisk
• I saw a spirit standing, Man - J. Mitchell
• I see around me tombstones grey - T. Fisk
• It was a little budding rose - R. Beckett
• It was not a summer's day
• I would have touched the heavenly key - T. Fisk
• Lady in your palace hall - T. Fisk
• Lake Werna's Water (Cold, clear, and blue, the morning heaven) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - E. Ballantine
• Light up the halls tis closing day - T. Fisk
• Light up thy halls! 'Tis closing day (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - J. Littlejohn (F. De Samara to A. G. A.)
• Light up thy halls (Light up thy halls! 'Tis closing day) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - J. Littlejohn
• Lonely at her window sitting (Lonely at her window sitting) - N. Peros
• Lonely at her window sitting - R. Beckett, N. Peros
• Lonely at her window (Lonely at her window sitting) - R. Beckett
• Loud without the wind was roaring (from Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey) - A. Jepson, M. Sutherland
• Love and Friendship (Love is like the wild rose-briar) (from Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey) - R. Beckett, J. Duke, Einna, J. Ireland, A. Jepson, D. Leisner
• Love is like the wild rose-briar (from Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey) - R. Beckett, J. Clements, J. Coulthard, J. Duke, Einna, H. Horrocks, J. Ireland, A. Jepson, D. Leisner (Love and Friendship)
• Lullaby (This shall be thy lullaby) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - R. Long, J. Mitchell
• Mild the mist upon the hill (Mild the mist upon the hill) - N. Peros
• Mild the mist upon the hill - R. Beckett, N. Peros
• Mild the mist (Mild the mist upon the hill) - R. Beckett
• Moonlight, summer moonlight - J. Mitchell
• My lady dreams (The linnet in the rocky dells) (from Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell) - J. Mitchell
• No coward soul is mine (No coward soul is mine) (from Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey) - I. Boyle, J. Dixon, C. Dougherty, J. Littlejohn, J. Mitchell, G. Shaw, R. Stevenson, P. Tranchell
• No coward soul is mine (from Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey) - I. Boyle, J. Dixon, C. Dougherty, T. Fisk, J. Joubert, L. Klein, D. Leisner, J. Littlejohn, J. Mitchell, G. Shaw, R. Stevenson, P. Tranchell
• Now trusts a heart that trusts in you - T. Fisk
• O evening, why is thy light so sad (O evening, why is thy light so sad) - N. Peros
• O evening, why is thy light so sad - R. Beckett, N. Peros
• O Evening (O evening, why is thy light so sad) - R. Beckett
• O for the time when I shall sleep without Identity - J. Mitchell
• Often rebuked, yet always back returning GER - T. Fisk, J. Littlejohn (Stanzas)
• O hinder me by no delay - J. Mitchell
• Oh, thy bright eyes must answer now (Oh, thy bright eyes must answer now) (from Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell) - J. Littlejohn
• Oh, thy bright eyes must answer now (from Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell) - J. Littlejohn (Plead For Me)
• Old Hall of Elbe, ruined, lonely now - J. Mitchell
• On a sunny brae alone I lay - T. Fisk
• On the moors (High waving heather, beneath stormy blasts bending) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - J. Duke
• Oracle (Tell me, tell me, smiling child) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - J. Joubert
• O transient voyager of heaven - T. Fisk
• Plead For Me (Oh, thy bright eyes must answer now) (from Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell)
• Redbreast early in the morning ()
• Remembrance (Cold in the earth, the deep snow piled above thee!) (from Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell) - J. Duke, A. Jepson, J. Littlejohn, B. Montgomery
• Requiem -- Nocturne ('Tis moonlight, summer moonlight) (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - T. Pitfield
• Riches I hold in light esteem (Riches I hold in light esteem) - J. Bove
• Riches I hold in light esteem - J. Bove, J. Duke, R. Owens, T. Pasatieri (The old stoic)
• Roundelay (Love is like the wild rose-briar) (from Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey) - J. Coulthard
• Shall Earth no more inspire thee (Shall Earth no more inspire thee) - J. Mitchell
• Shall Earth no more inspire thee - J. Mitchell
• She dried her tears and they did smile - R. Beckett, N. Peros
• She dried her tears (She dried her tears and they did smile) - R. Beckett, N. Peros
• Silent is the house (from Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey) - A. Butterworth, T. Fisk, L. Klein (The Visionary)
• Sleep brings no joy to me (Sleep brings no joy to me) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - E. Maconchy, N. Peros
• Sleep brings no joy to me (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - J. Joubert, E. Maconchy, R. Owens, N. Peros
• Sleep brings no joy (Sleep brings no joy to me) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - R. Owens
• Sleep, mourner, sleep! -- I cannot sleep [misattributed] - J. Hall
• Sleep, mourner, sleep! (Sleep, mourner, sleep! -- I cannot sleep) - J. Hall [misattributed]
• Sleep (Sleep brings no joy to me) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - J. Joubert
• Song (The linnet in the rocky dells) (from Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell) - J. Littlejohn
• Song (This shall be thy lullaby) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - J. Hall
• Spell (The night is darkening round me) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - F. Piket
• Stanzas (Often rebuked, yet always back returning) - J. Littlejohn GER
• Stars (Ah! because the dazzling sun) (from Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell) - J. Mitchell
• Stars (Ah why because the dazzling sun) (from Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell) - A. Jepson
• Stern reason is to judgment come - T. Fisk
• Still beside that dreary water (Still beside that dreary water) - N. Peros
• Still beside that dreary water - R. Beckett, N. Peros
• Still beside the dreary water (Still beside that dreary water) - R. Beckett
• Storm (High waving heather, beneath stormy blasts bending) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - J. Joubert
• Storm (How loud the storm sounds round the Hall!) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - R. Long
• Sympathy (There should be no despair for you) (from Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell) - F. Swain
• Tell me, tell me, smiling child (Tell me, tell me, smiling child) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - R. Beckett, J. Mitchell, N. Peros
• Tell me, tell me, smiling child (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - R. Beckett, T. Fisk, J. Joubert, J. Mitchell, R. Owens, N. Peros, R. Werther
• Tell me, tell me (Tell me, tell me, smiling child) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - R. Owens, R. Werther
• The appeal (If grief for grief can touch thee) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - R. Werther
• The battle had passed from the height - T. Fisk
• The battle has passed from the height (The battle has passed from the height) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - P. Harrison GER ITA
• The battle has passed from the height (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) GER ITA - P. Harrison, R. Long
• The caged bird (And like myself alone, wholly alone) (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - J. Mitchell
• The darkened woods (Woods, you need not frown on me) - J. Mitchell
• The evening sun was sinking down (The evening sun was sinking down) - N. Peros
• The evening sun was sinking down - R. Beckett, N. Peros
• The evening sun (The evening sun was sinking down) - R. Beckett
• The fallen leaf (The wind was rough which tore) (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - L. Klein
• The Farewell (No coward soul is mine) (from Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey) - L. Klein
• The Grave (Cold in the earth, the deep snow piled above thee!) (from Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell) - L. Klein
• The harp (Harp of wild and dreamy strain, when I touch thy strings) (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - J. Mitchell
• The Holly Tree (Love is like the wild rose-briar) (from Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey) - J. Clements, H. Horrocks
• The Lady to her Guitar (For him who struck thy foreign string) (from Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey) - A. Jepson, D. Leisner
• The linnet in the rocky dells (from Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell) - A. Butterworth, T. Fisk, J. Littlejohn, J. Mitchell (Song)
• The linnet in the rocky dells (The linnet in the rocky dells) (from Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell) - A. Butterworth
• The lone bird (The starry night shall comfort bring) - J. Jeffreys
• The Messenger (He comes with western winds, with evening's wandering airs) - J. Mitchell
• The messenger (In the dungeon-crypts, idly did I stray) (from Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell) - J. Duke
• The night is darkening round me (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - P. Harrison, L. Klein, L. Lehrman, J. Mitchell, F. Piket (The night is darkening round me)
• The night is darknening round me (The night is darkening round me) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - P. Harrison
• The night of storms has passed - T. Fisk
• The night was dark yet winter breathed - T. Fisk
• The Night-Wind (In summer's mellow midnight) - A. Butterworth, M. Sutherland
• The Night Wind (There it is!) - J. Mitchell
• The Old Hall (Old Hall of Elbe, ruined, lonely now) - J. Mitchell
• The old stoic (Riches I hold in light esteem) - J. Duke, R. Owens, T. Pasatieri
• The pessimist (O for the time when I shall sleep without Identity) - J. Mitchell
• The Prisoner (In the dungeon-crypts, idly did I stray) (from Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell)
• There are two trees in a lonely field (There are two trees in a lonely field) - N. Peros
• There are two trees in a lonely field - R. Beckett, N. Peros
• There are two trees (There are two trees in a lonely field) - R. Beckett
• There it is! It wakes tonight sweet thoughts that will not die
• There it is! - J. Mitchell
• There should be no despair for you (from Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell) - T. Fisk, F. Swain (Sympathy)
• The soft unclouded blue of air (The soft unclouded blue of air) - R. Beckett, N. Peros
• The soft unclouded blue of air - R. Beckett, N. Peros
• The starry night shall comfort bring - J. Jeffreys
• The starry night shall tidings bring (The starry night shall tidings bring) (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - P. Harrison
• The starry night shall tidings bring (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - P. Harrison (The starry night)
• The starry night shall tidings bring:
• The starry night (The starry night shall tidings bring) (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë)
• The sun has set, and the long grass now (The sun has set, and the long grass now) - N. Peros
• The sun has set, and the long grass now - R. Beckett, J. Mitchell, N. Peros
• The sun has set (The sun has set, and the long grass now) - R. Beckett
• The traveler (O hinder me by no delay) - J. Mitchell
• The visionary (Silent is the house) (from Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey) - A. Butterworth, L. Klein
• The wind was rough which tore (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - T. Fisk, L. Klein (The wind was rough which tore)
• This shall be thy lullaby (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - J. Hall, R. Long, J. Mitchell (Song)
• Thou standest in the greenwoods now - T. Fisk
• 'Tis moonlight, summer moonlight ('Tis moonlight, summer moonlight) (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - P. Harrison, L. Klein
• 'Tis moonlight, summer moonlight (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - P. Harrison, L. Klein, T. Pitfield
• To Imagination (When weary with the long day's care) - D. Leisner, J. Mitchell
• Twas one of those dark and cloudy days (Twas one of those dark, cloudy days) - R. Beckett
• 'Twas one of those dark, cloudy days (Twas one of those dark, cloudy days) - N. Peros
• Twas one of those dark, cloudy days - R. Beckett, N. Peros
• Warning and reply (In the earth -- the earth -- thou shalt be laid) (from Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey) - J. Littlejohn
• Was it with the fields of green (Was it with the fields of green) - N. Peros
• Was it with the fields of green - N. Peros
• Well, narrower draw the circle round - T. Fisk
• Well some may hate and some may scorn - T. Fisk
• What rider up Gobeloin's glen - J. Mitchell
• What woke? A little child (Redbreast early in the morning) - T. Fisk
• When days of beauty deck the earth DUT - T. Fisk, O. Gjeilo
• When weary with the long day's care - D. Leisner, J. Mitchell
• Why ask to know the date the clime? - T. Fisk
• Why do I hate that lone green dell? - T. Fisk
• Will the day be bright or cloudy? - J. Mitchell
• Wind and the words (Loud without the wind was roaring) (from Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey) - M. Sutherland
• Winter Reflection (Cold, clear, and blue, the morning heaven) (from Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Now for the First Time Printed) - J. Mitchell
• Woods, you need not frown on me - J. Mitchell
• Worlds of Light (I'm happiest when most away) (from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë) - J. Duke

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