by Nicola Francesco Haym (1679 - 1730)
L'angue offeso mai non posa Matches base text
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: ENG
L'angue offeso mai non posa, se il veleno pria non spande dentro il sangue all'offensor. Così l'alma mia non osa di mostrarsi altera e grande se non svelle l'empio cor.
Composition:
- Set to music by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "L'angue offeso mai non posa", HWV 17 (1724), first performed 1724, from opera Giulio Cesare in Egitto, no. 25
Text Authorship:
- by Nicola Francesco Haym (1679 - 1730)
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "A serpent, when provoked", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-02
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