The Mouse's Petition - Cooke, Benjamin

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"A setting of part of Barbauld's Petition "to Dr Priestley, found in the trap where he [viz. the mouse] had been confin'd all night", an early work criticising scientific experiments on animals."

⌛ Epoche → Klassik ◈ Genre → Glees ♬ Besetzung → SATB ¶ Sprache → Englisch

Stimmen 4

Instrumente A cappella

Seiten 8

CPDL Nr. 64528

Bearbeiter Christopher Shaw

Veröffentlicht 2021-05-25

Lizenz Personal

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Oh, hear a pensive prisoner's prayer For liberty that sighs; And never let thine heart be shut Against the wretch's cries. If e'er thy breast with freedom glowed, And spurned a tyrant's chain, Let not thy strong oppressive force A free-born mouse detain! So may thy hospitable board With health and peace be crowned; And every charm of heartfelt ease Beneath thy roof be found. So when destruction lurks unseen, Which men, like mice, may share, May some kind angel clear thy path, And break the hidden snare.