THE FIRST PART OF

THE CREATION.

INTRODUCTION. (Chaos.)

Recitative accompanied.-Mr. Bellamy,

Raphael.-TN the beginning God created the Uriel.–And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.

Air.

Now vanish before the holy beams
The gloomy dismal shades of dark;

The first of days appears.
Disorder yields to order fair the place;
Affrighted fled hell's spirits black in throngs;

Down they sink in the deep of abyss

To endless night.

Chorus.

Despairing, cursing, rage attends their rapid fall. . A new created world springs up at God's command,

Recitative accompanied.--Mr. BELLAMY,

And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament, and it was so.

Outrageous storms now dreadful arose;
As chaff by the winds, are impelled the clouds,

By heayen's fire the sky is inflamed,

And awful rolled the thunders on high. Now from the floods in streams ascend

Reviving showers of rain,

The dreary, wasteful hail, • The light and flaky snow.

Revit dreams and

lir.-Mrs. Dickons.—And Chorus,

Gabriel. The marv'lous work beholds amaz'd

The glorious hierarchy of heaven,
And to th' ethereal vaults resound,
The praise of God, and of the second day,

Recitatire.- Mr. BelLAMY. :

Raphael. - And God said, Let the waters un. der the Heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear, and it was so. And God called the dry land, Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called He, Seas. And God saw that it was good.

Rolling in foaming billows,
Uplifted roars the boist'rous sea.
Mountains and rocks now emerge,
Their tops into the clouds ascend.
Thro' th' open plains outstietching wide'.
In serpent error rivers flow:
Softly purling glides on thro' silent vales the

limpid brook.

Recitative.--Mrs. DICKONS.

Gabriel.--And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself upon the earth; and it was so.

Air.

With verdure clad the fields appear
Delightful to the ravish'd sense:

By flowers sweet and gay.
Enhanced is the charming sight,

Here breathe their sweets the fragrant herbs ;
• Here shoots the healing plant.
By loads of fruit the expanded boughs are press'd;
To shady vaults are bent tire tufty groves;
The mountain's brow is crown'd with closed wood.,

Recitative.-Mr. PYNE.

Uriel.-- And the heavenly host proclaimed the third day, praising God, and saying

Chorus.

Awake the harp, the lyre awake! .
In shout and joy our voices raise;.,
In triumph sing the mighty. Lord,'.
For he the heavens and earth has cloath'd
In stately dress.

Recitative. ---Mr. PYNE.

Uriel.comAnd God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of Heaven to divide the day from the night, and to give light upon the earth, and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and for Years. He made the stars also.

Accompanied.

In splendour bright is rising now

The sun, and darts his rays;.
An am'rous, joyful, happy spouse,

A giant proud and glad

To run his measur'd course.
With softer beams and milder light, steps on

The silver moon through silent night.

The space immense of th' azure sky.
In numerous host of radiant orbs adorns.
And the sons of God announced the fourth day
Iu song divine, proclaiming thus his power:.

Chorus.

The heavens are telling the glory of God,

The wonder of his works.
Displays the firmanent..