3. Come, come, thou goddess fair and free

From L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part I, L’Allegro

Composer	George Frideric Handel
Key	B flat major
Meter	4/4
Tempo	Allegro moderato
Length	39 measures

English text
Soprano
Come, thou goddess fair and free,
In Heav’n yclep’d Euphrosyne;
And by men heart-easing Mirth,
Whom lovely Venus, at a birth,
With two sister-graces more,
To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore.
Opera Stanford

About the text

• Author: Charles Jennens

Instrumentation

Notes

Resources

• Full score: Hallische Händel-Ausgabe I/16, p. 7, p. 7
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• Scores at IMSLP ›
• Wikipedia ›

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