From Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act III
Composer |
George Frideric Handel |
|---|---|
Key |
E flat major |
Meter |
4/4 |
Tempo |
A tempo ordinario |
English text |
|---|
Chorus of Jews |
Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth! |
How is Sesach taken, |
And how is the praise of the whole earth surpris’d! |
Thy counsel stands, O Lord, |
And thou dost all thy pleasure! |
Opera Stanford |
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