From Theodora, HWV 68, Part II, Scene VI
Composer |
George Frideric Handel |
|---|---|
Key |
b flat minor → f minor |
Meter |
4/4 |
Length |
11 measures |
Original English text |
Modernized English text |
|---|---|
Irene |
Irene |
’Tis Night, but Night’s kind Bleſſing is deny’d |
’Tis night, but night’s kind blessing is denied |
To Grief like ours. — How can we think of Sleep, |
To grief like ours. How can we think of sleep, |
While Theodora wakes to Miſery; |
While Theodora wakes to misery; |
And threatning Death hangs hovering o’er our Heads! |
And threatening death hangs hovering o’er our heads! |
Be Pray’r our Refuge; Pray’r to Him, who rais’d |
Be prayer our refuge; prayer to Him, who raised |
And ſtill can raiſe, the Dead to Life and Joy. |
And still can raise, the dead to life and joy. |
May Robertson
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