Lust

"Lust" is the seventh and final song of Robert Beaser's song cycle Seven Deadly Sins.

Date: 1979Composer: Robert BeaserText: Anthony HechtSong Collection: Seven Deadly Sins

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Lust
by Anthony Hecht

The Phoenix knows no lust, and Christ, our mother,
Suckles his children with his vintage blood.
Not to be such a one is to be other.

Source: from The Hard Hours by Anthony Hecht, 1967.

Sheet Music

Seven Deadly Sins

Composer(s): Robert Beaser

Song(s): 1. Pride
2. Envy
3. Wrath
4. Sloth
5. Avarice
6. Gluttony
7. Lust

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