From Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a, Version I
Composer | George Frideric Handel |
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Key | B flat major |
Meter | 4/4 |
Tempo | A tempo ordinario |
Length | 82 measures |
English text |
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Chorus |
Wretched lovers! Fate has past |
This sad decree: no joy shall last. |
Wretched lovers, quit your dream! |
Behold the monster Polypheme! |
See what ample strides he takes! |
The mountain nods, the forest shakes; |
The waves run frighten’d to the shores: |
Hark, how the thund’ring giant roars! | Opera Stanford |