Then round about the starry throne (George Frideric Handel)

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CPDL #20647:   Capella

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2009-12-23).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 96 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: First performed in London in 1743. Libretto by Newburgh Hamilton, based on Milton's Samson Agonistes.

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Title: Then round about the starry throne
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 London in 1743. Libretto by Newburgh Hamilton, based on Milton's Samson Agonistes.

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Original text and translations

English text

Then round about the starry throne
Of Him who ever rules alone,
Your heav'nly guided soul shall climb,
Of all this earthly grossness quit,
With glory crown'd for ever sit,
And triumph over Death and thee, O Time!