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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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CHORUS of Attendants.

Ye that the scenes of life dispose,
Arise; ye guardian pow'rs, arise;
O stave th'advance of threat'ning woes,
And let not God's allies be foes,
While truth supports the skies.