by John Donne (1572 - 1631)
O Holy Ghost, whose temple I
Language: English
O Holy Ghost, whose temple I Am, but of mud walls , and condensèd dust, And being sacrilegiously Half wasted with youth's fires of pride and lust, Must with new storms be weather-beat, Double in my heart Thy flame, Which let devout sad tears intend, and let -- Though this glass lanthorn, flesh, do suffer maim -- Fire, sacrifice, priest, altar be the same.
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Authorship:
- by John Donne (1572 - 1631), "The Holy Ghost", appears in A Litany, no. 3 [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 Ernst Křenek (1900 - 1991), "O Holy Ghost", published 1965. [four-part chorus a cappella] [ 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: 63