From Athalia, HWV 52, Part II, Scene II
Composer |
George Frideric Handel |
|---|---|
Key |
c minor |
Meter |
3/4 |
Tempo |
Larghetto |
Length |
49 measures |
English text |
|---|
Joas |
Will God, whose mercies ever flow, |
Expose his children’s youth to woe? |
The little birds his bounty taste, |
All nature with his gifts are grac’d. |
Each day his care I implore, |
He feeds me from his altar’s store. |
Opera Stanford |
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