From Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act II
Composer |
George Frideric Handel |
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Key |
B flat major → F major |
Meter |
4/4 |
English text |
|---|
Belshazzar |
Ye sages, welcome always to your king, |
Most welcome now, since needed most! Oh, minister |
To my sick mind the med’cine of your art. |
Whoe’er shall read this writing and interpret, |
A splendid purple robe behind him flows, |
A chain of gold his honour’d neck shall grace, |
And in the kingdom he shall rule the third. |
Opera Stanford |
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