From L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part II, Il Penseroso
Composer |
George Frideric Handel |
|---|---|
Key |
F major → A major |
Meter |
4/4 |
Tempo |
Grave |
Length |
9 measures |
English text |
|---|
Soprano |
But let my due feet never fail |
To walk the studious cloister’s pale, |
And love the high-embowed roof, |
With antic pillars’ massy proof, |
And storied windows richly dight, |
Casting a dim religious light. |
Opera Stanford |
Based on the poetry of John Milton
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