by George Herbert (1593 - 1633)
Ah, my dear angry Lord
Language: English
Ah, my dear angry Lord, Since Thou dost love, yet strike; Cast down, yet help afford; Sure I will do the like. I will complain, yet praise; I will bewail, approve: And all my sour-sweet days I will lament, and love.
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Confirmed with Lyra Sacra: A Book of Religious Verse, ed. by Henry Charles Beeching, 1903.
Authorship:
- by George Herbert (1593 - 1633), "Bitter-Sweet" [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 John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "Ah, My Dear Angry Lord", op. 630 (1963) [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2023-04-30
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Word count: 41