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Esther HWV 50b (Oratorium)
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Breathe soft ye gales
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Watchful angels
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O King of kings, celestial Lord!
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With transport, lovely quee
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So much beauty sweetly blooming
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Again shall Salem, to the skies
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My heart is inditing
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King's daughters
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Upon the right hand
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Kings shall be thy nursing fathers
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Let me with freedom thy petition know
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'Tis greaterfar to spare
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Pluck root and branch
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Our souls with ardour glow
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Shall we the God of Israel fear?
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Jerusalem no more shall mourn
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Tune your harps to cheerful strains
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Shall we of servitude complain
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Praise the Lord with cheerful noise
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How have our skins provok'd the Lord
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Ye sons of Israel, mourn
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O Jordan, Jordan sacred tide!
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Ye sons of Israel, mourn
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Tyrants may awhile presume (2. Akt)
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Why sits that sorrow on thy brow?
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Dread not, righteous Queen
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O heaven, protect her
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Blessing descend on downy wings
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I go, the pow'r of grief to prove
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Tears assist me, pity moving
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Save us, O Lord!
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Who dares intrude into our presence
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Who calls my parting soul from death?
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O beauteous queen, unclose those eyes
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If I find a favour in thy sight
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How can I stay when love invites?
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With inward joy his visage glows
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Heav'n has lent her ev'ry charm
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The King will listen to the royal fair
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Blessed are all they that fear the Lord
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Jehovah crown'd with glory bright (3. Akt)
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He comes! He comes to end our woes
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Now O my queen, thy suit declare
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Turn not, O queen, thy face away
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Flatt'ring tongue, no more I hear thee
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Guards, seize the traitor
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Through the nation he shall be
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All applauding crowds, around
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How art thou fall'n from thy height!
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I'll proclaim the wond'rous story
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The Lord our enemy has slain, Allelujah!
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