by John Donne (1572 - 1631)
By miracles exceeding (crucifixion)
Language: English
By miracles exceeding power of man, He faith in some, envy in some begat, For, what weak spirits admire, ambitious hate : In both affections many to Him ran. But O ! the worst are most, they will and can, Alas ! and do, unto the Immaculate, Whose creature Fate is, now prescribe a fate, Measuring self-life's infinity to span, Nay to an inch. Lo ! where condemned He Bears His own cross, with pain, yet by and by When it bears him, He must bear more and die. Now Thou art lifted up, draw me to Thee, And at Thy death giving such liberal dole, Moist with one drop of Thy blood my dry soul.
Authorship:
- by John Donne (1572 - 1631) [author's text not yet checked 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 John Mitchell (b. 1941), "By miracles exceeding (crucifixion)", op. 89 no. 5 (1993), from La Corona, no. 5. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Victoria Brago
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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