by Anne Wharton (1632 - 1685)
Spite of the godhead
Language: English
Spite of the godhead, pow'rful Love, I will my torments hide, But what avail if life must prove A sacrifice to pride. Pride, thou art become my goddess now, To thee I'll altars rear, To thee each morning pay my vow And offer ev'ry tear. But oh, I fear, should Philemon Once take thy injur'd part, I soon should cast the idol down And offer him my heart.
Authorship:
- by Anne Wharton (1632 - 1685) [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 Henry Purcell (1658/9 - 1695), "Spite of the godhead", Z. 417, published 1687. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 68