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.
Soon as the sun forsakes the hours,And yields to Nights prevailing gloom,
Dread Darkness, with his horrid pow'rs,
In triumph wears his sable plume—
The sinner knows
No heart's repose,
But trembles for the day of doom.
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