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SCENE V.
Hermit, Eltruda, and others.Hermit.
Glorious princess!
This is indeed to reign. Comfort, great queen:
It comes, it comes! the promis'd scene discloses!
I see the Danish raven droop his wing!
See England's genius soar again to heaven,
And better days in white succession roll,
Without a cloud between!
The clouds break away; and on the edge of a rock, in full view, a spirit is seen amidst a blaze of light, who sings the following
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From those eternal regions bright,
Where suns that never set in night,
Diffuse the golden day;
Where spring, unfading, pours around,
O'er all the dew-impearled ground,
Her thousand colors gay;
The messenger of heaven's high King,
I come; and happy tidings bring,
To chear this drooping isle:
Behold her cruel foes are fled!
Behold fair freedom lifts the head,
And all his children smile!
The dawn, that now unveils her skies,
See England's future glory rise:
A better age is born!
Then, let each voice of sprightly strain,
Around from warbling hill and plain,
Hail this triumphant morn!
Grand Chorus.
Then let each voice of sprightly strain,
Around from warbling hill and plain,
Hail this triumphant morn!
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