O Take him gently from the Pile, And lay him here to rest, And I will scorch for him [the]1 while; If he must burn, then burn him in my Breast, For there is Fire, there is [shame]2 Enough to set the World on [flame]3.
Cyrus the Great
A play - incidental music by John Eccles (1668 - 1735)
. Oh! Take him gently [sung text checked 1 time]
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Authorship:
- by John Banks (1650 - 1706), "Song", appears in Cyrus the Great, or, The tragedy of love, Richard Bentley, Covent-Garden, London, first published 1696
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Cyrus the Great, or, The tragedy of love : as it is acted at the theatre in Little-Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, by His Majesty's Servants by John Banks, printed for Richard Bentley at the Post-Office in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden, London 1696, Act 4, page 41. The first of two songs.
1 Eccles: "a"2 Eccles: "flame"
3 Eccles: "fire"
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[I am]1 arm'd, and declare For a Vigerous war; By my Bow and my Quiver I swear Not a Rebel to Love will I spare, This Shaft I will draw to the Head, And shoot the great Persian, shoot him dead. The [Tyrani]2 shall die, there's one will deny him, Let him Court her with Crowns she shall fly him, This Shaft I will draw to the Head, And shoot the great Archer dead.
Authorship:
- by John Banks (1650 - 1706), "Song", appears in Cyrus the Great, or, The tragedy of love, first published 1696
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Cyrus the Great, or, The tragedy of love : as it is acted at the theatre in Little-Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, by His Majesty's Servants by John Banks, printed for Richard Bentley at the Post-Office in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden, London 1696, Act 4, page 41. The second of two songs.
1 Eccles: "I'm"2 Eccles: "Tyrant"
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]