by Mary Coleridge (1861 - 1907)
Arm thee! Arm thee! Forth upon the road!
Language: English
Arm thee! Arm thee! Forth upon the road! Michael is calling the hosts of God. Arm thee! Arm thee! Out into the night! Forth again, forth again, child of the light! Arm thee! Arm thee! Take the sword Bright with the might of the glory of the Lord. Arm thee! Arm thee! The morning Kings Have heard the murmur of Michael's wings.
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Text Authorship:
- by Mary Coleridge (1861 - 1907), no title, appears in Poems, no. 149, first published 1907 [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 (Henry) Walford Davies, Sir (1869 - 1941), "Arm thee! Arm thee!", published 1914. [three-part chorus (TBarB) a cappella] [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-02-04
Line count: 8
Word count: 62