From Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I
Composer |
George Frideric Handel |
|---|---|
Key |
C major → G major |
Meter |
4/4 → 3/4 |
Tempo |
Grave |
English text |
|---|
Chorus of Jews |
By slow degress the wrath of God to its meridian height ascends; |
There mercy long the dreadful bolt suspends, |
Ere it offending man annoy; |
Long patient for repentance waits, reluctant to destroy. |
At length the wretch, obdurate grown, |
Infatuate, makes |
The ruin all his own; |
And ev’ry step he takes, |
On his devoted head |
Precipitates the thunder down. |
Opera Stanford |
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