9. Dry those anavailing tears

From Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I

Composer	George Frideric Handel
Key	c minor
Meter	4/4
Tempo	Allegro

English text
Cyrus
Dry those unavailing tears,
Haste your just revenge to speed;
I’ll disperse your gloomy fears,
Dawning hope shall soon succeed.
Opera Stanford

About the text

• Author: Charles Jennens

Instrumentation

Resources

• Full score: ed. Georg Friedrich Händels Werke
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