Litanie XVI

   From needing danger, to be good, 
From owing Thee yesterday's tears to-day, 
   From trusting so much to Thy blood 
That in that hope we wound our soul away, 
              From bribing Thee with alms, to excuse 
              Some sin more burdenous, 
From light affecting, in religion, news, 
From thinking us all soul, neglecting thus 
Our mutual duties, Lord, deliver us.

by John Donne (1572-1631) , no title, from A Litany, no. 16

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-) , "Litanie XVI", published 1965 [chorus a cappella], from Verses, no. 1.
by Ernst Křenek (1900-1991) , "Litanie XVI", 1944, published 1954, from Five Prayers for Women's Voices over the Pater Noster as Cantus Firmus, no. ?

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