The Choice of Hercules - Dettingen Te Deum

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Trackliste The Choice of Hercules George Frideric Handel Sinfonia See Hercules! how smiles yon myrtle plain Come, blooming boy There the brisk sparkling nectar drain While for thy arms that beauty glows Away, mistaken wretch, away! This manly youth`s exalted mind Rise, youth! exalt thyself and me Go, assert thy heav`nly race In peace, in war So shalt thou gain immortal praise Hearst thou, what dangers then thou must engage? Turn thee, youth, to joy and love Short is my way, fair, easy, smooth and plain Yet, can I hear that dulcet lay Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove Oh! whither, reason, dost thou fly? Where shall I go? Mount, mount the steep ascent Mount, mount the steep ascent Arise! mount the steep ascent The sounds breathe fire Lead, goddess, lead the way! Virtue will place thee in that blest abode Dettingen Te Deum HWV 283 George Frideric Handel We praise thee, O God All the earth doth worship thee To thee all angels cry aloud To thee Cherubim and Seraphim The glorious company of the Apostels Thou art the King of Glory When thou tookest upon thee When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death Thou sittest at the right hand of God Symphony We therefore pray thee Make them to be number`d Day by day we magnify thee Vouchsafe, O Lord O Lord, in thee have I trusted