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by Peter Anthony Motteux (1663 - 1718)

Inspire us, Genius of the Day
Language: English 
Inspire us, Genius of the Day
With an auspicious Beam!
Joyn, all ye Muses! Sing and Play!
Thou world, attend! Due Honors pay!
Thy Guardian is our Theme.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed 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), "A Song for 3 Voices Sung on the Queens Birth Day", 1703, copyright © 1703 [ vocal trio and orchestra ], from cantata Inspire us, Genius of the Day, no. 1, 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]

Researcher for this page: Iain Sneddon [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2024-01-05
Line count: 5
Word count: 28

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