by Nahum Tate (1652 - 1715)
Bid the Virtues
Language: English
Our translations: DUT
Bid the Virtues, bid the Graces To the sacred shrine repair, Round the altar take their places, Blessing with returns of pray'r Their great Defender's care While Maria's royal zeal Best instructs you how to pray Hourly from her own Conversing with th'Eternal Throne.
Text 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):
- by Henry Purcell (1658/9 - 1695), "Bid the Virtues", Z. 323 no. 7 (1694) [soprano], from Come, ye Sons of Art, no. 7. [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lidy van Noordenburg) , title 1: "Beveelt de deugden", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Barry Kamil
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 44