15. While yet thy Tide of Blood runs high

From Saul, HWV 53, Act I, Scene II

Composer	George Frideric Handel
Key	b minor
Meter	3/4
Tempo	Largo
Length	19 measures

English text
High Priest
While yet thy tide of blood runs high,
To God thy future life devote;
Thy early vigour all apply,
His glorious service to promote.
So shall thy great Creator bless,
And bid thy days serenely flow:
So shall thy youthful happiness
In age no diminution know.
With sweet reflections thou shalt taste,
Declining gently to thy tomb,
The pleasure of good actions past,
And hope with rapture joys to come.
Opera Stanford

About the text

• Author: Charles Jennens

Instrumentation

Resources

• Full score: Hallische Händel-Ausgabe I/13, p. 82, p. 82
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