From Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act III
Composer |
George Frideric Handel |
|---|---|
Key |
d minor |
Meter |
3/4 |
Tempo |
Larghetto |
English text |
|---|
Gobrias |
To pow’r immortal my first thanks are due; |
My next, great Cyrus, let me pay to you, |
Whose arm this impious king laid low, |
The bitter source of all my woe. |
Tears, sure, will all my life employ, |
E’en now I weep, but weep for joy. |
Opera Stanford |
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