From Athalia, HWV 52, Part I, Scene I
Composer |
George Frideric Handel |
|---|---|
Key |
g minor |
Meter |
4/4 |
Tempo |
A tempo ordinario |
Length |
119 measures |
English text |
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Young Virgins |
The rising world Jehovah crown’d |
With bright magnificence around! |
He hung the radiant orbs on high, |
And pour’d the sunbeams through the sky; |
He lent the flow’rs their lovely glow, |
And breath’d the fragrance they bestow; |
The plains with verdant charms array’d, |
And beautify’d with green the glade. |
Israelites |
O mortals, if around us here
So wond’rous all his works appear,
Ah think with awe, ye sons of men,
How wond’rous is their author then! |
Opera Stanford |
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