She’s gone

From Theodora, HWV 68, Part III, Scene III

Composer	George Frideric Handel
Key	f minor → g minor
Meter	4/4
Length	8 measures

Original English text	Modernized English text
Irene	Irene
She’s gone, diſdaining Liberty and Life,	She’s gone, disdaining liberty and life,
And every Honour this frail Life can give.	And every honour this frail life can give.
Devotion bids aſpire to nobler Things,	Devotion bids aspire to nobler things,
To boundleſs Love, and Joys ineffable.	To boundless love, and joys ineffable.
And ſuch her Expectation from kind Heav’n.	And such her expectation from kind Heav’n.

About the text

• Author: Thomas Morell

Instrumentation

Resources

• Full score: Hallische Händel-Ausgabe I/29, p. 199
• Scores at IMSLP ›
• Wikipedia ›

Cataloguer

May Robertson