5. Lament not thus

From Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I

Composer	George Frideric Handel
Key	E major
Meter	4/4
Tempo	Larghetto

English text
Daniel
Lament not thus, O Queen, in vain!
Virtue’s part is to resign
All things to the will divine,
Nor of its just decrees complain.
The sins of Babylon urge on her fate;
But virtue still this comfort gives,
On earth she finds a safe retreat,
Or bless’d in Heav’n for ever lives.
Lament not thus…
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About the text

• Author: Charles Jennens

Instrumentation

Resources

• Full score: ed. Georg Friedrich Händels Werke
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