SUSANNA (HWV 66)


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ARIA Nº 5 - JOACHIM
When first I saw'
When first I saw my lovely maid
beneath the citron's shade,
in native innocence array'd,
my heart became her prize.

I gaz'd, I lov'd, I gaz'd again,
could mortal breast from love refrain?
her thousand virtues still maintain
the conquest of her eyes.

ARIA Nº 14 - FIRST ELDER
Ye verdant hills'
Ye verdant hills, ye balmy vales,
bear witness of my pains!
how oft have Shinar's flow'ry dales
been taught my am'rous strains!
The wounded oaks in yonder grove
retain the name of her I love.

In vain would age his ice bespread.
to numb each gay desire,
though sev'nty winters hoar my head,
my heart is still on fire.
By mossy fount and grot I rove,
and gently murmur songs of love.

Oh! sweetest of thy lovely race,
unveil thy matchless charms;
let me adore that angel face,
and die within those arms.
My ceaseless pangs thy bosom move,
to grant the just returns of love.

ARIA Nº 21 - ATTENDANT
Beneath the cypress'
Beneath the cypress' gloomy shade,
where silver lilies paint the glade,
I saw the lovely sheperd laid,
whose loss I still deplore.

He was in truth the sweetest swain,
that ever trod the flow'ry plain,
or wak'd in virgin's heart a pain,
but is, alas! no more!


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