by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
The divine
Language: English
My calling is Divine, And I from God am sent; I will no chop-church be, Nor pay my patron rent, Nor yield to sacrilege; But like the kind true mother, Rather will lose all the child Than part it with another. Much wealth I will not seek, Nor worldly masters serve, So to grow rich and fat While my poor flock doth starve.
Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age, ed. by A. H. Bullen, London, John C. Nimmo, 1887, page 182.
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Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 John Maynard (c1577 - 1633), "The divine", published 1611, from the collection Twelve Wonders of the World [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2014-02-25
Line count: 12
Word count: 63