by John Donne (1572 - 1631)
From needing danger, to be good
Language: English
From needing danger, to be good, From owing Thee yesterday's tears to-day, From trusting so much to Thy blood That in that hope we wound our soul away, From bribing Thee with alms, to excuse Some sin more burdenous, From light affecting, in religion, news, From thinking us all soul, neglecting thus Our mutual duties, Lord, deliver us.
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Authorship:
- by John Donne (1572 - 1631), no title, appears in A Litany, no. 16 [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 Richard Rodney Bennett (1936 - 2012), "Litanie XVI", published 1965 [chorus a cappella], from Verses, no. 1. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Ernst Křenek (1900 - 1991), "Litanie XVI", 1944, published 1954, from Five Prayers for Women's Voices over the Pater Noster as Cantus Firmus [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-08
Line count: 9
Word count: 59