by Thomas Flatman (1637 - 1688)
From those serene and rapturous joys
Language: English
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) [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), "From those serene and rapturous joys", Z. 326 no. 6 (1684), from Welcome Song for Charles II, no. 6. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Virginia Knight
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 31