From L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part I, Il Penseroso
Composer |
George Frideric Handel |
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Key |
c minor → f minor |
Meter |
4/4 |
Tempo |
Largo |
Length |
50 measures |
English text |
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Soprano |
There held in holy passion still, |
Forget thyself to marble, till |
With a sad leaden downward cast |
Thou fix them on the earth as fast. |
And join with thee calm peace, and quiet, |
Spare fast, that oft with gods doth diet, |
And hears the muses in a ring |
Round about Jove’s altar sing. |
Chorus
Join with thee calm peace, and quiet,
Spare fast, that oft with gods doth diet. |
Opera Stanford |
Based on the poetry of John Milton
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