Composer |
George Frideric Handel |
|---|---|
Key |
A flat major → E flat major |
Meter |
4/4 |
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: |
Opera Stanford |
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