CHORUS.

O God, who in thy heav'nly hand,
Doft hold the hearts of mighty kings,
O take thy Jacob, and his land,

Beneath the shadow of thy wings.
Thou know'ft our wants before our pray'r,
Then let us not confounded be;
Thy tender mercies let us share,
O Lord, we trust alone in thee.

Handel.

ACT II,

AIR. Mr. KELLY.

LovE founds the alarm,

And fear is flying:

When beauty's the prize,
What mortal fears dying?

In defence of my treasure,

I'll bleed at each vein :
Without her no pleasure,

For life is a pain.

Handel

Da Capo.

CHORUS.

Handel.

He fmote all the firft-born of Egypt, the chief of all their strength. But as for his people he led them forth like sheep. He brought them out with filver and gold, there was not one feeble person in all their tribes.

RECIT. Signora STOR ACE.

If I give the honour due,

Handel.

Mirth, admit me of thy crew.

SON G

Let me wander not unfeen,

By hedge-row elms, on hillocks green;
There the ploughman, near at hand,
Whistles o'er the furrow'd land;
And the milkmaid fingeth blithe,
And the mower whets his scythe;
And every shepherd tells his tale,
Under the hawthorn in the dale.
Or let the merry bells ring round,
And the jocund rebecks found

To many a youth, and many a maid,
Dancing in the checker'd shade.

CHORUS.

And young and old come forth to play,
On a funshine holliday,

'Till the live-long day-light fail.
Thus pafs'd the day, to bed they creep,

By whifp'ring winds feon lull'd to fleep.

SONG.

O beauteous

Mr. NIEL D.

queen, unclose those eyes,

My fairest shall not bleed :

Hear love's foft voice that bids thee rise,

And bids thy fuit fucceed,

Afk, and 'tis granted from this hour,

Who shares our heart, shall share our pow'r.

Handel.

Da Capo

CHORUS.

Immortal Lord of earth and skies,
Whofe wonders all around us rife ;
Whose anger, when it awful glows,
To swift perdition dooms thy foes.
O grant a leader to our hoft,

Whose name with honor we may boast ;
Whose conduct may our caufe maintain,
And break our proud oppreffor's chain.

Handel.

END OF THE EIGHTH CONCERT,

(No. 9.) UNDER THE DIRECTION OF

THE EARL OF SANDWICH.

Concert of Antient MUSIC. Wednesday, April 6th, 1791.

ACT I.

OVERTURE and DEAD MARCH. (Saul.) Handel.

Scene. (Samfon.)

Song. O had I Jubal's Lyre. (Joshua.)

CONCERTO 2d.

Recit. Who quits.

Handel.

Handel.

Air and Chorus. Dryads. (Time and Truth.) Handel.

Song. Balmy sweetness.

Recit. But bright Cecilia.

Chorus. As from the

} (Solomon.)

Bond.

Boyce.

}(Dryden's Ode) Handel.

ACT II.

OVERTURE.

Scene.

} (Caftor and Pollux.) Rameau.

Song. Love in her eyes. (Acis and Galatea.) Handel.