by Robert Browning (1812 - 1889)
For God is glorified in man
Language: English
For God is glorified in man, And to man's glory vowed I soul and limb. Yet, constituted thus, and thus endowed, I failed. I gazed on power till I grew blind... What wonder if I saw no way to shun despair? The power I sought seemed God's... I learned my own deep error; And what proportion love should hold with power in man's right constitution; Always preceding power, And with much power, always, always much more love...
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- by Robert Browning (1812 - 1889), no title, appears in Paracelsus, Part V [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 Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954), "From "Paracelsus"", 1921 [sung text checked 1 time]
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