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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Lo! the redbreast when encaged,
Breaks his head against the wire;
But, the bullfinch, unenraged,
Sings, and bids despair retire:
Breaks his head against the wire;
But, the bullfinch, unenraged,
Sings, and bids despair retire:
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Grows familiar, once so wild,
Pipes the tune the master sets;
Trusts the finger of a child,
Nor his captive state regrets.
Pipes the tune the master sets;
Trusts the finger of a child,
Nor his captive state regrets.
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