Content : Haendel Georg Friedrich Above measure is the pleasure As with rosy steps Bane of Virtue Deeds of kindness to display Despair no more shall fright me Frost nips the flowers Gold now is common Gold within the furnace tried Great God, who yet but darkly known Guards, seize the traitor He, who for Atlas propp'd the sky How green our fertile pastures Impious mortal Mortals think that Time is sleeping No longer, fate, relentless frown Oh bright example On fair Euphrates' verdant side Pleasure's gentle zephyrs play See, with what sad dejection The bird that flies in search of food She weeps! the gentle maid Then long eternity Through the nation he shall be Yet can I hear that dulcet lay Your tuneful voice my tale would tell |