The Graces in his Mother shine

The Graces in his Mother shine
Of all the Beauties, Saints and Queens
And Martyrs of her line.
She’s great, let Fortune smile or frown,
Her virtues make all hearts her own:
She reigns without a Crown.

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Authorship

• by Nahum Tate (1652 - 1715) [ author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Henry Purcell (1658/9 - 1695), "The Graces in his Mother shine ", Z. 342 no. 5 (1695), from Birthday Ode for the Duke of Gloucester, no. 5. [
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