Heere, komt, ik ben ellendig,
'k ben vol zonde en vol verdriet;
komt, Uw' goedheid is onendig,
lange en beidt, o Heere, niet!

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Spelling changes used by Devreese and Tierie: onendig -> oneindig

Text Authorship:

• by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), no title [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 Fréderic Devreese (b. 1929), "Heere, komt" [ voice and piano ], from Drie Kleengedichtjes, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by J. F. Tierie, jr. , "Bede" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Catharina Van Rennes (1858 - 1940), "Heere, kom, ik ben ellendig ", op. 52 no. 16 (1904), published 19--? [ voice and piano ], from Kleengedichtjes, no. 16, Utrecht : Jac. van Rennes [sung text not yet checked]

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