From Occasional Oratorio, HWV 62, Part I
Composer |
George Frideric Handel |
|---|---|
Key |
f sharp minor |
Meter |
4/4 |
Tempo |
Pomposo → adagio → a tempo |
Length |
168 measures |
English text |
|---|
Bass |
His scepter is the rod of righteousness, |
With which He bruiseth all His foes to dust, |
And the great dragon strongly doth repress |
Under the rigor of His judgment just. |
His seat is truth, to which the faithful trust, |
From whence proceed her beams so pure and bright |
That all about Him sheddeth glorious light. |
His scepter… |
Opera Stanford |
“After the poetry of John Milton and Edmund Spenser.
The work was written in the midst of the Jacobite rising of 1745–1746.” Wikipedia
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