Court Odes: Great Janus, tho the festival be thine


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incipit (first line(s), normalized): Great Janus, tho the festival be thine
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the item's genre (general): ode
the item's genre (specific): New Year’s Day
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English court
the work's year (or focal date, if known): 1679
author of the text: [poet unknown]
composer of the music: John Blow
Number of texts stored: 1  
  • Selected text (below): #286 / Source: GB-Lbl Add. 33278, ff. 53r - 59v
    special title: ‘Great Janus Etc. A Birth day Song May the 29 16 Dr Blow’
 Selected text (#286) / Source: GB-Lbl Add. 33278, ff. 53r - 59v  
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GB-Lbl Add. 33278
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ff. 53r - 59v
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special title (if any): Great Janus Etc. A Birth day Song May the 29 16 Dr Blow
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about this transcription: Transcribed by Estelle Murphy, May 2022. Line initial capitalisation editorial.
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Chorus
Great Janus tho the Festival be thine
Permit yt wee Prime honours yet asigne
& a ust Tribute of our Praises bring not to thy selfe
But to great Brittain’s King
RITOR

Verse
Since like the Great Augustus heretofore
He has publist peace and shut thy Temple Door
Thus once befor by heaven Design’d
To SAGE?? peace to Three Realms his Restoration gave

Chorus twice
But since more Great and Universall grown
He’s giv’n the world what First gave his owne
And Fame proclaims aloud where er’e she does
That Europe safety to his succour owes
RITOR

Verse
Then since peace affords us Leasure,
Plenty, property, & pleasure,
He who under providence,
Blessings does to us dispence
Cho:
Then since peace affords us Leasure,
Plenty, property, & pleasure,
He who under providence,
Blessings does to us dispence

Verse
Justly claimes yt we endeavour
Requite the gracious Giver,
Tho, our all can ne’re express
Halfe our willing thankfulness

Chorus
Chorus as before once through. The:2nd: time end thus

Then since peace affords us Leasure,
Plenty, property, & pleasure,
He who under providence,
Blessings does to us dispence
[RITOR]

Verse
While swel’d with Ambition and Boundless desires
To Empire a turbulent Monarch aspires
His force like a deluge no border could find
Till you to Restrain his feirce Torrent Inclin’d,
But as soon as your mighty Resistance he found
Tho both potent and proud he flew back to his bound
RITOR

Cho:
Thus your Lustre the Light of his Sun did outvie
And gave his Nec pluribus impar the Lye
So of old in contention tho feircly they strove
Yet the Titan’s themselves were subdu’d by a Jove.

Verse soft & slow
How will your Glory’s shine
From your attempts so brave
How should ye world combine
yt you double praise might have
Who have not been great to Hurt,
But have only been so to save

Cho
Emperors name sounds Loud,
But peacemaker is more sweet,
And to be Charls ye good
Is more honor then Charls ye Great

Verse
But to be both like you
This is alone compleat
Cho:
But to be both like you
This is alone compleat.


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