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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.

Tho' yon tall almond blooms no more,
'Tis not because its sweets are o'er
On each aspiring shoot—
Attend to what the starlings sing,
Another year, another spring,
The buds to gayer pride shall bring.
It now prepares for fruit.
Abraham and Abimelech.