2a. The rising world

From Athalia, HWV 52, Performing version of 1756, Part I, Scene I

Composer	George Frideric Handel
Key	g minor
Meter	4/4
Tempo	Andante
Length	63 measures

English text
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!
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About the text

• Author: Samuel Humphreys

Instrumentation

Issues

• Duplicate

Resources

• Full score: Hallische Händel-Ausgabe I/12.2, p. 385, p. 352 (Appendix III)
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