From L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part II, L’Allegro
Composer |
George Frideric Handel |
|---|---|
Key |
g minor |
Meter |
3/8 |
Tempo |
Andante |
Length |
102 measures |
English text |
|---|
Soprano |
And ever against eating cares, |
Lap me in soft Lydian airs |
Married to immortal verse, |
Such as the meeting soul may pierce |
In notes, with many a winding bout |
Of linked sweetness long drawn out; |
With wanton heed, and giddy cunning, |
The melting voice through mazes running, |
Untwisting all the chains that tie |
The hidden soul of harmony. |
Opera Stanford |
Based on the poetry of John Milton
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