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 |