Crown the altar, deck the shrine. Behold the bright seraphic throng prepar'd our harmony to join, the sacred choir attend too long.
Birthday Ode for Queen Mary
by Henry Purcell (1658/9 - 1695)
Celebrate this festival
Language: English
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):
Set by by Henry Purcell (1658/9 - 1695), Z. 321 (1693)Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Total word count: 22