Harp of wild and dreamy strain, when I...

Harp of wild and dreamy strain, when I touch thy strings,
Why sound out of longforgotten things?
Harp, in other, earlier days, I could sing to thee;
And not one of all my lays vexed my memory.

But now, if I awake a note that gave me joy before
Sounds of sorrow from thee float,
Changing evermore.

Yet, still steeped in memory's dyes, come sailing on,
Darkening my summer skies,
Shutting out my sun.

by Emily Brontë (1818-1848) , no title, from The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë, published 1910

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 Joubert (1927-) , "Harp", published 1971 [high voice and piano], from Six Poems of Emily Brontë, no. ?
by Lothar Klein (1932-) , "Harp of wild and dream-like strain", 1966 [high voice and piano], from Three Melancholy Songs, no. ?
by John Mitchell (1941-) , "The harp", op. 24 no. 10 (1977), from The Earth, the Wind, and the Sky, no. 10.

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