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.
Hence thy flight with Sarah shape,Let my terrors be obey'd;
Night's the season for escape,
Let us seek her friendly shade.
From the view of courts and kings,
Change the region, change the clime.
O that Fear, that Fear had wings,
As they tell of Love and Time!
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