GLEE. Masters TIDMAN and SPENCE, and Messrs. HALDON and LIDDELL. Horsley. See the chariot at hand here of love, Each that draws is a swan or a dove, And enamour'd do wish (so they might But enjoy such a sight) That they still were to run by her side Thro' swords, thro' seas, whither she would ride. Have you seen but a bright lily grow, Ha' you mark'd but the fall of the snow, Before the soil hath smutch'd it? Ha' you felt the wool o' the beaver, Or have tasted the bag o' the bee? Oh! so white, so soft, so sweet is she. OVERTURE, Acis and Galatea. Handel TWENTIETH CONCERT, MONDAY, JUNE 13, 1808. ACT I. OVERTURE, Pharamond. Handel. Handel. SONG. Master TIDMAN. O had I Jubal's lyre, Or Miriam's tuneful voice, To sounds like his I would aspire, In songs like her's rejoice: My humble strains but faintly show How much to heav'n and thee I owe. GLEE. Masters TIDMAN and SPENCE, and Mr. LIDDELL. Faintly as tolls the ev'ning chime, Moore. Our voices keep tune, and our oars keep time; Soon as the woods on shore look dim We'll sing at St. Ann's our parting hymn: Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, Why should we yet our sail unfurl? There is not a breath the blue wave to curl; 'Twas at night when the bell had toll'd twelve, And poor Susan was laid on her pillow, All was dark, as she woke out of breath, Far, far at sea. So she whisper'd a pray'r, clos'd her eyes, As struggling he sunk in a billow CONCERTO, Violin obligato. Far, far at sea. Geminiani. ACT II. SIMPHONY. Haydn. SONG. Master SPENCE. Handel. LORD, to thee each night and day, TRIO, Piano Forte, Violin, and Violoncello. Mozart. Messrs. VICARY, MARSHALL, and REINAGLE. DUETT. Masters TIDMAN and SPENCE. Do not unbind two gentle hearts, Nor tear me from my weeping fair! Suspend the cruel, fatal stroke! Two faithful hapless lovers spare. Jackson. 1st GRAND CONCERTO. Handel. |