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.
Ah, spare, triumphant beauty, spare,And my too rash officious zeal excuse;
Sooner the lion shall the virgin tear,
Than I again on thee my pow'r abuse;
Unto my fault the arms of grace extend;
On thee my honour and my life depend.
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