Music : Henry Purcell
It was a work of full as great a weight,
and did require the self same power,
which did frail humankind create,
when they were lost, them to restore.
It was a work of full as great a weight,
and did require the self same power,
which did frail humankind create,
when they were lost, them to restore.
For a like act, Fate gave our Princess birth,
which adding to the Saints made joy in Heaven,
as well as triumph upon earth,
which adding to the Saints made joy in Heaven,
as well as triumph upon earth,
to which so great, so good a Queen was given.
to which so great, so good a Queen was given.