From Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act III
Composer |
George Frideric Handel |
|---|---|
Key |
c minor → d minor |
Meter |
3/4 → 4/4 |
Tempo |
Larghetto, e staccato → Allegro, Larghetto |
English text |
|---|
Nitocris |
Alternate hopes and fears distract my mind, |
My weary soul no rest can find. |
My busy fancy now presents |
A gracious scene: my son repents |
And God recalls his doom. |
Now to false shame he quits his fears, |
False courage takes, and madly dares |
His impious feast resume. |
Then arms and dying groans resound, |
And streams of blood gush out around. |
Alternate hopes and fears distract my mind, |
My weary soul no rest can find. |
Opera Stanford |
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