From Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a, Version I
Composer |
George Frideric Handel |
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Key |
g minor → a minor |
Meter |
4/4 |
Length |
10 measures |
English text |
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Galatea |
Ye verdant plains and woody mountains, |
Purling streams and bubbling fountains, |
Ye painted glories of the field, |
Vain are the pleasures which ye yield; |
Too thin the shadow of the grove, |
Too faint the gales, to cool my love. |
Opera Stanford |