by Nahum Tate (1652 - 1715)
Language: English
Sound the Trumpet and beat the warlike Drum; The Prince will be with laurels crown’d Before his manhood comes. Ah! how pleas’d he is and gay, When the Trumpet strikes his ear! His hands like shaking lilies play And catch at ev’ry spear.
Composition:
- Set to music by Henry Purcell (1658/9 - 1695), no title, Z. 342 no. 6 (1695), from Birthday Ode for the Duke of Gloucester, no. 6
Text Authorship:
- by Nahum Tate (1652 - 1715)
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This text was added to the website: 2014-06-29
Line count: 7
Word count: 43