Purcell & Lully

Henry Purcell: Funeral Music for Queen Mary 1695:

3rd Sentence - Thou knowest Lord the secrets of our hearts

Arcadia Players Chorus, Ian Watson, director

From live performance, April 16, 2005, Helen Hills Hills Chapel, Smith College, Northampton MA

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Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts;
shut not thy merciful ears unto our pray'rs;
but spare us, Lord most holy,
O God most mighty,
O holy and most merciful Saviour,
Thou most worthy Judge eternal,
Suffer us not at our last hour,
for any pains of death to fall away from Thee.


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