From Occasional Oratorio, HWV 62, Part III
Composer |
George Frideric Handel |
|---|---|
Key |
G major |
Meter |
3/8 |
Tempo |
Andante |
Length |
111 measures |
English text |
|---|
Tenor |
The enemy said: I will pursue, I will overtake, |
I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them. |
I will draw my sword: my hand shall destroy them. |
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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