The house on the hill

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.

by Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869-1935) , "The house on the hill", from The Children of the Night, published 1897

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]
by Thomas Mirante (1931-) , "The house on the hill", published 1968. [SATB chorus and piano]
by Louise Souther , "The house on the hill", published 1932. [voice and piano]

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