From Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act III
Composer |
George Frideric Handel |
|---|---|
Key |
G major → e minor |
Meter |
4/4 |
English text |
|---|
Cyrus |
Say, venerable prophet, is there aught |
In Cyrus’ pow’r by which he can oblige |
Thee, or thy people? |
Daniel |
O victorious prince, |
The God of Israel, Lord of Heav’n and earth, |
Long ere thy birth, foretold thee by thy name, |
And shew’d thy conquests! ‘Tis to Him thou ow’st, |
To Him thou must ascribe them. Read those lines, |
The great prediction which thou hast already |
In part accomplish’d, and, we trust, will soon |
Fulfil the rest. |
Opera Stanford |
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