At the round earth's imagin'd corners

At the round earth's imagined corners
blow your trumpets, angels
and arise from death
you numberless infinities of souls
and to your scattered bodies go!

All whom the flood did and fire
shall overthrow
All whom war, death, age, agues, tyrannies,
despair, law, chance hath slain;
And you whose eyes shall behold God

And never taste death's woe,
But let them sleep, Lord, and me mourn [apace]1,
For, if above all these my sins abound,
'Tis late to ask abundance of Thy grace
When we are there.

Here on this lowly ground,
Teach me how to repent, for that's as good
As if Thoud'st sealed my pardon with
Thy blood.

by John Donne (1572-1631) , no title, from Holy Sonnets, no. 7

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

by Michael Berkeley (1948-) , "At the round earth's imagin'd corners", c1980, first performed 1980. [voice and piano]
by Michael Berkeley (1948-) , "At the round earth's imagin'd corners", 1982. [anthem for soprano, baritone, chorus, organ, and optional trumpet]
by Howard Leake Boatwright (1918-1999) , "At the round earth's imagin'd corners", 1954 [voice and piano], from Five Early Songs, no. 4.
by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) , "At the round earth's imagin'd corners", op. 35 no. 7 (1945), published c1946 [high voice and piano], from The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, no. 7.
by Geoffrey Burgon (1941-) , "At the round earth's imagin'd corners", published 1971. [soprano or tenor, trumpet, and organ]
by Bryan Kelly (1934-) , "At the round earth's imagin'd corners", published 1977. [cantata for tenor, SATB chorus, and piano]
by Dorian Le Gallienne (1915-1963) , "At the round earth's imagin'd corners", published 1967, from Four Divine Poems of John Donne, no. ?
by Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918) , "At the round earth's imagin'd corners", published 1917 [motet], from Songs of Farewell, no. 5.
by Francis Routh (1927-) , "At the round earth's imagin'd corners", 1978. [unaccompanied voices]
by William B. Wordsworth (1908-1988) , "At the round earth's imagin'd corners", 1944, published 1946, from Four Sacred Sonnets, no. ?

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