1979
Avarice
Composed by 
Robert Beaser
Robert Beaser Text by 
Anthony Hecht
Anthony Hecht Seven Deadly Sins Song Collection
"Avarice" is the fifth song of Robert Beaser's song cycle Seven Deadly Sins.
Text
Avarice
by Anthony Hecht
The penniless Indian fakirs and their camels
Slip through the needle’s eye
To bliss (for neither flesh nor spirit trammels
Such as are prone to die)
And from emaciate heaven they behold
Our sinful kings confer
Upon an infant huge tributes of gold
And frankincense and myrrh.
Source: from The Hard Hours by Anthony Hecht, 1967.
Sheet Music
Seven Deadly Sins
Robert Beaser
1. Pride
2. Envy
3. Wrath
4. Sloth
5. Avarice
6. Gluttony
7. Lust
2. Envy
3. Wrath
4. Sloth
5. Avarice
6. Gluttony
7. Lust