Pride

"Pride" is the first song of Robert Beaser's song cycle Seven Deadly Sins.

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

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Pride
by Anthony Hecht

“For me Almighty God Himself has died,”
Said one who formerly rebuked his pride
With, “Father, I am not worthy,” and here denied
The Mercy by which each of us is tried.

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

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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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