From Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I
Composer |
George Frideric Handel |
|---|---|
Key |
E flat major → g minor |
Meter |
4/4 |
English text |
|---|
Gobrias |
Oh, memory! |
Still bitter to my soul! Methinks I see |
My son, the best, the loveliest of mankind, |
Whose filial love and duty above all sons |
Made me above all other fathers happy, |
I see him breathless at the tyrant’s feet, |
The victim of his envy. |
Opera Stanford |
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