I hear an army charging upon the land

I hear an army charging upon the land,
  And the thunder of horses plunging, foam about their knees:
Arrogant, in black armour, behind them stand,
  Disdaining the reins, with flutt'ring whips, the charioteers.

They cry unto the night their battlename:
  I moan in sleep when I hear afar their whirling laughter.
They cleave the gloom of dreams, a blinding flame,
  Clanging, clanging upon the heart as upon an anvil.

They come shaking in triumph their long, green hair:
  They come out of the sea and run shouting by the shore.
My heart, have you no wisdom thus to despair?
  My love, my love, why have you left me alone?

by James Joyce (1882-1941) , from Chamber Music, no. 36, published 1907

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by David Arditti (1964-) , no title, op. 20 no. 20 (1998) [tenor and string quartet], from Chamber Music, no. 20.
by Gary Bachlund , "I Hear an Army", 1991, published 1996 [high or medium voice and piano], from Chamber Music, no. 9.
by Samuel Barber (1910-1981) , "I hear an army", op. 10 (Three Songs) no. 3, published 1939. [voice and piano]
by Lorne M. Betts (1918-) , "I hear an army charging upon the land", 1949 [high voice and piano], from Three Songs to Poems of James Joyce, no. ?
by Brian Boydell (1917-2000) , "I hear an army", 1946 [baritone and piano], from Five Joyce Songs, no. ?
by David Del Tredici (1937-) , "I hear an army", 1964, published 1974. [soprano and string quartet]
by Sir (Aynsley) Eugene Goossens (1893-1962) , "I hear an army charging upon the land", published 1930 [medium voice and piano], from Chamber Music, no. ?
by Sidney Harrison (1903-) , "I hear an army", published 1927. [voice and piano]
by Derek Healey (1936-) , "I hear an army charging", 1962 [voice and piano], from Six Irish Songs, no. ?
by Jack Maurice Jarrett (1934-) , "I hear an army", 1964 [soprano or tenor and piano], from The Unquiet Heart, no. ?
by Alfred Kunz (1929-) , "I hear an army charging upon the land", published 1966 [SATB and piano], from Will you come?
by (Kurt) Rudolf Mengelberg (1892-1959) , "I hear an army charging upon the land", published 1960 [medium voice and piano], from Chamber music, no. 9.
by Gardner Read (1913-) , "I hear an army", op. 45 no. 3 (1985), from Nocturnal Visions, no. 3.
by Conrad Susa (1935-) , "I hear an army charging upon the land", published 1973 [SATB and piano], from Chamber Music, no. ?

by Harald Genzmer (1909-2007) , "Ich höre eine Heerschaar", published 1965 [SATB a cappella], from Irische Harfe, no. 5.

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