Abimelech an oratorio. As it is performed at the theatre-royal in Covent-Garden [by Christopher Smart]. The Music by Mr. Arnold |
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AIR.
The main is controul'd by the shores,
The wind makes the deluge give way;
The lion that hungers and roars,
The flames will affright from his prey.
The wind makes the deluge give way;
The lion that hungers and roars,
The flames will affright from his prey.
The brute that in lust would rebel,
Has conscience coercive within,
At once to restrain and to quell,
And terrify passion from sin.
Has conscience coercive within,
At once to restrain and to quell,
And terrify passion from sin.
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