From L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part I, Il Penseroso
Composer |
George Frideric Handel |
|---|---|
Key |
C major → F major |
Meter |
12/8 → 4/4 |
Tempo |
Allegro |
Length |
16 measures |
English text |
|---|
Soprano |
Hence vain deluding joys, |
Dwell in some idle brain, |
And fancies fond with gaudy shapes possess, |
As thick and numberless |
As the gay motes that people the sunbeams, |
Or likest hovering dreams |
The fickle pensioners of Morpheus’ train. |
Opera Stanford |
Based on the poetry of John Milton
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