Envy

"Envy" is the second song of Robert Beaser's song cycle Seven Deadly Sins.

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

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Envy
by Anthony Hecht

When, to a popular tune, God’s Mercy and Justice
Coagulate here again,
Establishing in tissue the True Republic
Of good looks to all men
And victuals and wit and the holy sloth of the lily,
Thou shalt not toil nor spin.

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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