30. It is not virtue

Composer	George Frideric Handel
Key	d minor
Meter	4/4
Tempo	Andante allegro → adagio → a tempo
Structure	dal segno
Length	64 measures

English text
Micah
It is not virtue, valour, wit,
Or comeliness of grace
That woman’s love can truly hit,
Or in her heart claim place.
Still wav’ring where their choice to fix,
Too oft they choose the wrong:
So much self-love does rule the sex,
They nothing else love long.
It is not virtue… da capo
Opera Stanford

About the text

• Author: Newburgh Hamilton

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Resources

• Full score: Hallische Händel-Ausgabe I/18.1, p. 164, p. 164
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