by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)
May
Language: English
Hark! The sea-faring wild-fowl loud proclaim My coming, and the swarming of the bees. These are my heralds, and behold! my name Is written in blossoms on the hawthorn-trees. I tell the mariner when to sail the seas; I waft o'er all the land from far away The breath and bloom of the Hesperides, My birthplace. I am Maia. I am May.
Authorship:
- by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882), "May", appears in The Poet's Calendar, no. 5, first published 1882  [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 Juliana Hall (b. 1958), "May", 1999, first performed 2000 [ tenor and piano ], from The Poet's Calendar -- 12 songs for Tenor and Piano, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "May", op. 151 no. 5 (2008) [ mixed chorus a cappella ], from The Poet's Calendar. Zwölf Miniaturen für vier- bis sechsstimmigen gemischten Chor nach Henry W. Longfellow, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2014-03-25
Line count: 8
Word count: 62