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<poem>Glorious hero, may thy grave | |||
Peace and honour ever have; | |||
After all thy pains and woes, | |||
Rest eternal, sweet repose! | |||
The virgins, too, shall on their feastful days | |||
Visit his tomb with flow'rs, and there bewail | |||
His lot unfortunate in nuptial choice. | |||
Bring the laurels, bring the bays, | |||
Strew his hearse, and strew the ways. | |||
May ev'ry hero fall like thee, | |||
Through sorrow to felicity.</poem> | |||
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CPDL #20642: [] [
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2009-12-23). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 91 kB Copyright: CPDL
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General Information
Title: Glorious hero
Larger work: Samson, HWV 57
Composer: George Frideric Handel
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Oratorio
Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard
Published: 1743
Description: Samson was first performed in 1743 in London. Libretto by Newburgh Hamilton, who based it on Milton's Samson Agonistes. This chorus requires Soprano and Bass soloists.
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Original text and translations
English text
Glorious hero, may thy grave
Peace and honour ever have;
After all thy pains and woes,
Rest eternal, sweet repose!
The virgins, too, shall on their feastful days
Visit his tomb with flow'rs, and there bewail
His lot unfortunate in nuptial choice.
Bring the laurels, bring the bays,
Strew his hearse, and strew the ways.
May ev'ry hero fall like thee,
Through sorrow to felicity.