by John Donne (1572 - 1631)
That learning, Thine ambassador
Language: English
That learning, Thine ambassador,
From Thine allegiance we never tempt ;
That beauty, paradise's flower
For physic made, from poison be exempt ;
That wit -- born apt high good to do --
By dwelling lazily
On nature's nothing be not nothing too ;
That our affections kill us not, nor die ;
Hear us, weak echoes, O, Thou Ear and Eye.
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Text Authorship:
- by John Donne (1572 - 1631), no title, appears in A Litany, no. 27 [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), "Litanie XXVII", 1944, published 1954, from Five Prayers for Women's Voices over the Pater Noster as Cantus Firmus [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-08
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Word count: 57