From Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a, Version I
Composer |
George Frideric Handel |
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Key |
c minor |
Meter |
4/4 |
Tempo |
Andante e staccato |
Length |
43 measures |
English text |
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Galatea; Acis |
The flocks shall leave the mountains, |
The woods the turtle dove, |
The nymphs forsake the fountains, |
Ere I forsake my love! |
Polyphemus |
Torture! fury! rage! despair!
I cannot, cannot bear! |
Galatea; Acis |
Not show’rs to larks so pleasing,
Nor sunshine to the bee,
Not sleep to toil so easing,
As these dear smiles to me. |
Polyphemus |
Fly swift, thou massy ruin, fly!
Die, presumptuous Acis, die! |
Opera Stanford |