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Inspire us, Genius of the Day

Cantata by John Eccles (1668 - 1735)

The songs and symphonys perform'd before Her Majesty at her Palace of St. Jame's on her birth day. 1703

1. A Song for 3 Voices Sung on the Queens Birth Day
 (Sung text)

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.

Text Authorship:

  • by Peter Anthony Motteux (1663 - 1718), no title, written 1703

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Researcher for this page: Iain Sneddon [Guest Editor]

2.
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Blest day, arise in State,
And roll along the Spheres,
As famous and as 
As glorious, fam’d and great
As the 
moves the Morn,
From whose Return
Bright Phoebus dates his Years!
 ... 

Text Authorship:

  • by Peter Anthony Motteux (1663 - 1718), no title, written 1703

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3. From this happy Day we date
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
From this happy Day we date,
Great Anna's Birth, and Britain's Joys.
Planets move and rule by Fate,
The Queen by Wisdom and by Choice.
The Sun imparts us Light and Heat:
Her Reign yields Blessings greater yet;
For Light and Heat no Noble Soul can please,
Without what she maintains, our Freedom, and our Ease.
Yet both alike in this they live,
That neither Share the rest they give.
By Seasons, and by fleeting Hours,
The Sun's warm Comforts we compute,
The Spring  can boast but Leaves and Flow’rs
Her Vertue still new Blessings pours,
And round the Year we taste the ripen'd Fruit.

Text Authorship:

  • by Peter Anthony Motteux (1663 - 1718), no title, written 1703

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Researcher for this page: Iain Sneddon [Guest Editor]
Total word count: 170
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