From L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part I, L’Allegro
Composer |
George Frideric Handel |
|---|---|
Key |
E flat major |
Meter |
6/8 |
Tempo |
Allegro |
Length |
91 measures |
English text |
|---|
Bass |
Mirth, admit me of thy crew! |
To listen how the hounds and horn |
Cheerly rouse the slumb’ring morn, |
From the side of some hoar hill, |
Through the high wood echoing shrill. |
Opera Stanford |
Based on the poetry of John Milton
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