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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
Smart, Christopher (1722-1771)
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Abimelech
Recitative.
Hagar.
What cou'd a helpless woman do, beset
With fraud and force together, and denied
In part by thee, her guardian?—Heav'n be prais'd,
Which, free from violation, has restor'd her.
Abimelech