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Welcome Song for Charles II

Song Cycle by Henry Purcell (1658/9 - 1695)

1. Symphony

— Tacet —

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2.
 (Sung text)

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From those serene and rapturous joys
A country life alone can give,
Exempt from tumult and from noise,
Where Kings forget the troubles of their reigns,
And are almost as happy as their humble Swains,
By feeling that they live.

Text Authorship:

  • by Thomas Flatman (1637 - 1688)

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3.
 (Sung text)

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Behold th' indulgent Prince is come
To view the Conquests of His mercy shown
To the new Proselytes of His mighty Town,
And men and Angels bid him welcome home.

Text Authorship:

  • by Thomas Flatman (1637 - 1688)

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4.
 (Sung text)

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Not with an Helmet or a glitt'ring Spear
Does he appear;
He boasts no Trophies of a cruel Conqueror,
Brought back in triumph from a bloody War,
But with an Olive branch adorn'd
As once the long expected Dove return'd.

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  • by Thomas Flatman (1637 - 1688)

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5.
 (Sung text)

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Welcome as soft refreshing show'rs,
That raise the sickly heads of drooping flow'rs,
Welcome as early beams of light
To the benighted traveller,
When he descries bright Phosphorus from afar,
And all his fears are put to flight.

Welcome home.

Text Authorship:

  • by Thomas Flatman (1637 - 1688)

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6. From those serene and rapturous joys
 (Sung text)

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Welcome, more welcome does he come
Than life to Laz'rus in his drowsy tomb,
When in his winding sheet at his new birth
The strange, surprising word was said: Come forth!

Text Authorship:

  • by Thomas Flatman (1637 - 1688)

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7.
 (Sung text)

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Nor does the Sun more comfort bring
When he turns Winter into Spring
Than the blest Advent of a peaceful King.

Text Authorship:

  • by Thomas Flatman (1637 - 1688)

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8.
 (Sung text)

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With trumpets and shouts we receive the World's Wonder,
And let the Clouds echo His welcome with thunder,
Such a thunder as applauded what mortals had done,
When they fixt on his Brows the Imperial Crown.

Text Authorship:

  • by Thomas Flatman (1637 - 1688)

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Total word count: 238
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