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Pleasant and Diver tive. 1 7
OCEAN'S GLORY:
Or, A Parley of the Rivers. A Royal
Ode or Cantata ; made in Honour of
King George's Coronation. Set to Mu-
sick by Dr. Pepusch, after the Italian
mamier.
[Recitative?^
'Ante and /sis joyn'd in one,
Flowing with Cenubial Pride,
Late by fam'd Augusta ran ;
Posting to the Ocean they
To great Neptune seem'd to pray
To send in the happy Tide.
Haughty grown, they seem'd to slight
Ancient Humber, Sabrine fair,
Boasting, now they were to bear
Such a blest, and glorious Weight,
As never prest their Waves before :
And thus their Joy resounded to the Shore.
[Aire.]
Let your Streams be clearly waving,
GEORGE is come, Great Britain saving ;
Dance, ye Fish, both great and small ;
Pretty Birds in Groves be singing,
Active Deer in Lawns be springing ;
Joyn in Pleasure with us all.
[Recitative.]
Humber renown'd, and bright Sabrine reply'd,
The Ocean sends the Loyal Tide,
And Fate does you the greatest Honour shew :
vol. 1. c We'll
Pleasant and Diver tive. 1 7
OCEAN'S GLORY:
Or, A Parley of the Rivers. A Royal
Ode or Cantata ; made in Honour of
King George's Coronation. Set to Mu-
sick by Dr. Pepusch, after the Italian
mamier.
[Recitative?^
'Ante and /sis joyn'd in one,
Flowing with Cenubial Pride,
Late by fam'd Augusta ran ;
Posting to the Ocean they
To great Neptune seem'd to pray
To send in the happy Tide.
Haughty grown, they seem'd to slight
Ancient Humber, Sabrine fair,
Boasting, now they were to bear
Such a blest, and glorious Weight,
As never prest their Waves before :
And thus their Joy resounded to the Shore.
[Aire.]
Let your Streams be clearly waving,
GEORGE is come, Great Britain saving ;
Dance, ye Fish, both great and small ;
Pretty Birds in Groves be singing,
Active Deer in Lawns be springing ;
Joyn in Pleasure with us all.
[Recitative.]
Humber renown'd, and bright Sabrine reply'd,
The Ocean sends the Loyal Tide,
And Fate does you the greatest Honour shew :
vol. 1. c We'll
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Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed music > Wit and mirth, or, Pills to purge melancholy > Volume 1 > (35) Page 17 - Ocean's glory, or, A parley of the rivers |
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Description | Made in honour of King George's coronation. |
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Shelfmark | Glen.145 |
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Description | Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject. |
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Description | The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi. |
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