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RNYG.779.005
2 Jan 1779:32 (236)
THE SACRIFICE.
Recitative.
The Prophet, as became a Reverend Seer,
Has told the glories of the rising year;
The Priest, in turn, his function now supplies,
With joy to make the solemn sacrifice.
Air
(How much superior beauty awes)
I.
As tyrant power and slavish fear
To death are now decreed,
Prepare to welcome this New-Year,
And let the victims bleed.
. . . [4 more lines of verse 1; 2 more verses of 8 lines
each]
Alegro.
Tune---Daphne in Midas.
(If you can caper as well as you modulate, &c.)
I.
Thus, having buried the demon of enmity,
Hoping for peace on a permanent throne,
Now let us offer, to crown the solemnity,
Each one a trifle or two of his own.
. . . [12 more lines of verse]
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