O Mathan! aid me to control

From Athalia, HWV 52, Performing version of 1735, Part I, Scene III

Composer	George Frideric Handel
Length	13 measures

English text
Athalia
O Mathan, aid me to control
The wild confusion of my soul!
Mathan
Why shrinks that mighty soul with fear?
What cares, what danger can be near?
Athalia
E’en now, as I was sunk in deep repose,
My mother’s awful form before me rose;
But ah! she chill’d my soul with fear,
For thus she thunder’d in my ear:
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About the text

• Author: Samuel Humphreys

Instrumentation

Issues

• Duplicate

Resources

• Full score: Hallische Händel-Ausgabe I/12.2, p. 244 (Appendix I)
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