Litanie XX (Donne, set by E. Křenek, R. Bennett) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


   Through Thy submitting all, to blows 
Thy face, Thy robes to spoil, Thy fame to scorn, 
   All ways, which rage, or justice knows, 
And by which Thou couldst show that Thou wast born ; 
              And through Thy gallant humbleness 
              Which Thou in death didst show, 
Dying before Thy soul they could express ; 
Deliver us from death, by dying so 
To this world, ere this world do bid us go.

Authorship

John Donne (1572-1631)

A Litany

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

Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-)

Verses

Ernst Křenek (1900-1991)

Five Prayers for Women's Voices over the Pater Noster as Cantus Firmus

Date added to the website: 2009-01-08.

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