by Peter Anthony Motteux (1663 - 1718)

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!
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Composition:

    Set to music by John Eccles (1668 - 1735), no title, 1703, first performed 1703, lines 1-6 [ tenor and bass continuo ], from cantata Inspire us, Genius of the Day, no. 2, 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

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