by Paolo Antonio Rolli (1687 - 1765)

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Com'onda incalza altr'onda,  
pena su pena abbonda,
sommersa al fine è l'alma in mar d'affanno.

E tutt'i miei momenti
oh come lenti lenti
di dolore in dolore a morte vanno!

Composition:

    Set to music by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Com'onda incalza altr'onda", HWV 20 no. 18 (1726), first performed 1726, from opera Scipione, no. 18

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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-22
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