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To arms, Heroick Prince

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To arms, Heroick Prince, to Arms,
Glory, like Love has pow'rfull Charms;
let Glory now thy Soul ingross,
and recompence its Rivals loss:
Bid Trumpets sound, and nothing name
but Battles, Conquests, Triumphs, Fame.


Input by Virginia Knight

Authorship

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

    * by Henry Purcell (1658/9-1695) , "To arms, Heroick Prince", Z. 600, from Incidental Music to The Libertine -or- The Libertine Destroyed, no. 3. [setting text verified]

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