by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)
I Martius am! Once first, and now the...
Language: English
I Martius am! Once first, and now the third! To lead the Year was my appointed place; A mortal dispossessed me by a word, And set there Janus with the double face. Hence I make war on all the human race; I shake the cities with my hurricanes; I flood the rivers and their banks efface, And drown the farms and hamlets with my rains.
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Text Authorship:
- by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882), "March", appears in The Poet's Calendar, no. 3, 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 Charles Wakefield Cadman (1881 - 1946), "I, Martius Am", published 1910, from The Morning of the Year [sung text not yet checked]
- by Juliana Hall (b. 1958), "March", 1999, first performed 2000 [ tenor and piano ], from The Poet's Calendar -- 12 songs for Tenor and Piano, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "March", op. 151 no. 3 (2008) [ mixed chorus a cappella ], from The Poet's Calendar. Zwölf Miniaturen für vier- bis sechsstimmigen gemischten Chor nach Henry W. Longfellow, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-06-21
Line count: 8
Word count: 65