Deign at my hands (introduction) (Donne, set by J. Mitchell) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


 Deign at my hands this crown of prayer and praise,
 Weaved in my low devout melancholy,
 Thou which of good hast, yea, art treasury,
 All changing unchanged Ancient of days.
 But do not with a vile crown of frail bays
 Reward my Muse's white sincerity ;
 But what Thy thorny crown gain'd, that give me,
 A crown of glory, which doth flower always.
 The ends crown our works, but Thou crown'st our ends,
 For at our end begins our endless rest.
 The first last end, now zealously possess'd,
 With a strong sober thirst my soul attends.
 'Tis time that heart and voice be lifted high ;
 Salvation to all that will is nigh.

Input by Victoria Brago

Authorship

John Donne (1572-1631)

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John Mitchell (1941-)

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