From Athalia, HWV 52, Part I, Scene II
Composer |
George Frideric Handel |
|---|---|
Key |
c minor → g minor |
Meter |
4/4 |
Length |
14 measures |
English text |
|---|
Joad |
O Judah, Judah, chosen seed, |
To what distress art thou decreed! |
How are thy sacred feasts profan’d, |
Thy rites with vile pollution strain’d! |
Proud Athalia’s impious hand |
Sheds desolation through the land, |
Bids strange, unhallow’d altars flame, |
And proudly braves Jehovah’s name. |
Opera Stanford |
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