From Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I
Composer |
George Frideric Handel |
|---|---|
Key |
F major → d minor |
Meter |
4/4 |
English text |
|---|
Cyrus |
Be comforted: safe though the tyrant seem |
Within those walls, I have a stratagem, |
Inspir’d by Heav’n (dreams oft descend from Heav’n) |
Shall baffle all his strength; so strong my mind |
Th’impression bears, I cannot think it less. |
Opera Stanford |
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