by John Donne (1572 - 1631)
When senses, which thy soldiers are
Language: English
When senses, which thy soldiers are, We arm against thee, and they fight for sin, When want, sent but to tame, doth war And work despair a breach to enter in, When plenty, God's image and seal, Makes us idolatrous, And love it, not him, whom it should reveal, When we are moved to seem religious Only to vent wit, Lord deliver us.
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Authorship:
- by John Donne (1572 - 1631), no title, appears in A Litany, no. 21 [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 Andrew Downes (1950 - 2023), "When senses, which thy soldiers are", op. 11 no. 4 (1976), from Five Holy Songs, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
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Word count: 64