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True messenger, you yearn for war, or you like a truce, and the torment of a loving soul you are like the savage demons of Hell, and in a beautiful heaven, flashes of hell.
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O shining, o serene eyes, fatal lights, I see as trembling lightning flashes; what cruel bolts of love you strike to my heart?
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974:Der Messias
231:Recitative
149:Recitative
1840:Categories
1017:Belshazzar
605:Alessandro
556:Floridante
333:References
126:Time sig.
1790:classical
1661:Göttingen
1654:Festivals
1587:Germanico
1308:Canticles
953:Structure
868:Oratorios
752:Faramondo
710:Ariodante
647:Partenope
591:Rodelinda
584:Tamerlano
542:Radamisto
488:Agrippina
365:Macmillan
316:edition.)
123:Key sig.
117:Movement
109:movements
103:Movements
88:Structure
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1129:Cantatas
1066:Theodora
1010:Hercules
968:Part III
787:Deidamia
745:Berenice
738:Giustino
724:Atalanta
598:Scipione
460:Florindo
357:(eds.).
321:See also
292:Andante
273:E minor
192:A minor
79:Synopsis
1752:Commons
1405:sonatas
1403:XV solo
1248:Anthems
1080:Jephtha
1059:Solomon
1052:Susanna
963:Part II
947:Messiah
919:Athalia
912:Deborah
858:Alceste
731:Arminio
682:Orlando
668:Sosarme
633:Tolomeo
495:Rinaldo
481:Rodrigo
211:Adagio
73:Rodrigo
69:Ruspoli
59:History
41:cantata
22:Händel
1671:London
1601:Gideon
1229:Gloria
1038:Joshua
996:Semele
989:Samson
958:Part I
905:Esther
780:Imeneo
717:Alcina
703:Oreste
675:Catone
612:Admeto
570:Flavio
563:Ottone
474:Almira
466:Daphne
448:Operas
141:Notes
129:Tempo
1795:is a
1762:Audio
1666:Halle
1594:Nabal
1579:Other
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851:Comus
766:Serse
626:Siroe
521:Silla
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270:Aria
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