From Athalia, HWV 52, Performing version of 1756, Part I, Scene III
Composer |
George Frideric Handel |
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Length |
13 measures |
English text |
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Athalia |
Her form at this began to fade, |
And seem’d dissolving into shade. |
In waking starts I vainly press’d |
To clasp her to my panting breast: |
She, pale, from my embrace withdrew, |
And bleeding limbs lay mangled in my view; |
The horrid carnage dogs contending tore, |
And drank with dreadful thirst the floating gore. |
Opera Stanford |
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