by Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620)
Lift vp to heau'n, sad wretch
Language: English
Lift vp to heau'n, sad wretch, thy heauy spright, What though thy sinnes, thy due destruction threat ? The Lord exceedes in mercy as in might ; His ruth is greater, though thy crimes be great. Repentance needes not feare the heau'ns iust rod, It stayes eu'n thunder in the hand of God. With chearefull voyce to him then cry for grace, Thy Faith and fainting Hope with Prayer reuiue ; Remorce for all that truely mourne hath place ; Not God, but men of him themselues depriue : Striue then, and hee will help ; call him he'll heare : The Sonne needes not the Fathers fury feare.
Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620) [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 Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620), "Lift vp to heau'n, sad wretch", published c1613, from the collection Two Bookes of Ayres - The First Booke, no. 12. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2007-11-16
Line count: 12
Word count: 102