From Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I
Composer |
George Frideric Handel |
|---|---|
Key |
A major |
Meter |
4/4 |
Tempo |
Andante |
English text |
|---|
Chorus of Babylonians |
Behold, by Persia’s hero made |
In ample form, the strong blockade! |
How broad the ditch, how deep it falls! |
What lofty tow’rs o’erlook the walls! |
Hark, Cyrus! Twenty times the sun |
Round the great year his course shall run: |
If there so long thy army stay, |
Not yet to dogs and birds a prey, |
No succour from without arrive, |
Within remain no means to live, |
We then may think it time to treat, |
And Babylon capitulate. |
A tedious time! To make it short, |
Thy wise attempt will find us sport. |
Opera Stanford |
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