by Peter Anthony Motteux (1663 - 1718)
Blest day, arise in State
Language: English
Blest day, arise in State, And roll along the Spheres, As famous and as great As the Morn, From whose Return Bright Phoebus dates his Years! The Day that Anna's Race begun Vyes with the Birth-Day of the Sun.
J. Eccles sets lines 1-6
About the headline (FAQ)
View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with ‘inspire us genius of the day’: rewriting the regent in the Birthday Ode for Queen Anne, 1703 Estelle Murphy, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2016, Page 12
Text Authorship:
- by Peter Anthony Motteux (1663 - 1718), no title, written 1703 [author's text checked 1 time 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 John Eccles (1668 - 1735), "Blest day, arise in State", 1703, first performed 1703, lines 1-6 [ tenor and bass continuo ], from cantata Inspire us, Genius of the Day, no. 2, Verified with The songs and symphonys perform'd before Her Majesty at her Palace of St. Jame's on her birth day. 1703John Walsh, London, c. 1730 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2024-01-06
Line count: 8
Word count: 41