Court Odes: Hail monarch sprung of race divine


 Selected item (#5033) = Hail monarch sprung of race divine
 Attributes of this item 
incipit (first line(s), normalized): Hail monarch sprung of race divine
version (if more than one exists):
the item's genre (general): ode
the item's genre (specific): New Year’s Day
the institution/place or purpose 
for which the work was first destined:
English court
the work's year (or focal date, if known): 1686
author of the text: [poet unknown]
composer of the music: John Blow
Number of texts stored: 1  
  • Selected text (below): #315 / Source: GB-Lcm, MS 1097, ff. 135-50
    special title: ‘Hail Monarch sprung &c: New Years song: 1685’
 Selected text (#315) / Source: GB-Lcm, MS 1097, ff. 135-50  
 Attributes of the selected text 
source for this text
(short title, or library & shelfmark):
GB-Lcm, MS 1097
location in the source?
(i.e. which vol., pp. or fols):
ff. 135-50
type of source: MS, music and words
the source online (if available): open link
modern edition of this text:
special title (if any): Hail Monarch sprung &c: New Years song: 1685
version (if more than one exists):
about this transcription: Transcribed by Estelle Murphy, July 2023. Line-initial capitalisation editorial.
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Overture
[Bass solo]

Hail monarch, sprung of race Divine,
Up let your sprading honours shine,
Awake from loves and beautys Charms
Awake, awake glorie your softer hours alarms

Cho:
Awake from loves and beautys Charms
Awake, awake glorie your softer hours alarms
Ritor

Slow[Tenor solo]
See the pausing luster stand
Seasons and years a goodly band
Ready to march at your command
See of light the glorious God
e’re he comes on to rule the days
waits the Omen of your Nodd
And for instructions stays

Cho:
T’inform himself from your reign
Here how to govern all the year
Ritor

[CT & B Duet]
He with advantage must dispence
O’re the world your influence
When he starts to speak your fame,
When he posts to spread your name/fame
Through distant climes and worlds below
Where your fame only: and his sunbeams goe
Cho:
Through distant climes and worlds below
Where your fame only: and his sunbeams goe

[CT solo]
Wake goddess born of heavenly race
Diffuse the Glories of your face
Your beauteous stock of charms unfold
And dress the age once more in gold
Wake goddess born of heavenly race
Diffuse the Glories of your face
To you old laurell’d Janus bows
The winter honours of his brows
His next return what he will doe
What greater happiness bestow
Is yet too much for us to know
Slow [Ritor]

[B & B Duet]
Till then make bright your warriour’s shield
His Shining arms and helm prepare
Severely grac’d with plums of war
And dress your Heroe for the field
And bid his emulous virtue soar
Where never mortal dar’d before

[CT, T, B unison]
And to make his arms more sure 3/i
And his triumphs to secure
Double arms him for the prize
Join to his thund’ring arms
The lightning of your eyes.
Ritor

[CT solo]
Rise mighty monarch
Rise and adorne
the thronging glories of the morn
From the pavilion to the throne
Arise to dazzle and delight
All human eyes

Cho:
Lett each new year new blessing bring
And evry Winter prove a spring
And may the sun in his bright progress view
No happier monarch on the earth than you


Dr Blow /
December ye
21/ 1685 /

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