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2The Priests Your Harps and Cymbols Sound
Air - Levite - Praise Ye the Lord for all his mercies past
The Priests - WIth pious heart resound your maker's name
Solomon - Almighty pow'r, who rul'st the earth and skies
Zadok - Imperial Solomon, thy pray'rs are heard
Zadok - Sacred raptures cheer my breast
The Israelites - Throughout the land Jehovahs' praise
Solomon - Bless'd be the Lord - What though I trace each hearb and flow'r
Solomon - And see my Queen, my wedded love
Queen - Bless'd the day when first myeyes
Solomon & Queen - Thou fair inhabitant of Nile - Welcome as the dawn of day
Queen - When thou art absent from my sight - With thee th'undshelter'd moor I'd
Chorus - May no rash intruder disturb their soft hours
Corus - From the censer curling rise
Solomon - Prais'd be the lord - When the sun o'er yonder hills pours in tides th
Solomon - My sovereign liege two women stand - Admit them straight
Harlots & Solomon - Words are weak to paint my fears
Solomon & Second Harlot - What says the other to th'imputed charge
Second Harlot - Thy sentence, great king, is prudent
First Harlot - Can I see my infant gor'd
Solomon - Israel, attend to what your king shall say
First Harlot & Solomon - Thrice bless'd be the king for he's good and he's wise
The Israelites - From the east unto the west
Zadok - From morn to eve I could enraptur'd sing
First Harlot - No more shall armed bands our hopes destroy
The Priests - Swell, swell the full chorus to Solomon's praise
Sinfonia - The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Queen of Sheba & Solomon - From Arabia's spicy shores
Queen of Sheba - Ev'ry sight these eyes behold
Solomon & Chorus - Sweep, sweep the string, to sooth the royal fair
Solomon & Chorus - Now a diff'rent measure try - shake the dome
Solomon & Chorus - Then at once from rage remove
Solomon & Chorus - Next the tortur'd soul release - thus rolling surges rise
Queen of Sheba -Thy harmony's divine, great king
Levite - Pious King, and virtuous queen
Zadok - Thrice happy king, to have achiev'd
Chorus - Praise the lord with harp and tongue
Queen of Sheba - May peace in Salem ever dwell
Solomon - Adieu, fair queen
Grand Chorus - The name of the wicked shall quickly be past
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