by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)
September
Language: English
I bear the Scales, where hang in equipoise The night and day; and when unto my lips I put my trumpet, with its stress and noise Fly the white clouds like tattered sails of ships; The tree-tops lash the air with sounding whips; Southward the clamorous sea-fowl wing their flight; The hedges are all red with haws and hips, The Hunter's Moon reigns empress of the night.
Authorship
- by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882), "September", appears in The Poet's Calendar, no. 9, 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), "September", 1999, first performed 2000 [ tenor and piano ], from The Poet's Calendar -- 12 songs for Tenor and Piano, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Klaus Miehling , "September", op. 151 no. 9 (2008) [ mixed chorus a cappella ], from The Poet's Calendar. Zwölf Miniaturen für vier- bis sechsstimmigen gemischten Chor nach Henry W. Longfellow, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2014-03-25
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Word count: 67