by Paolo Antonio Rolli (1687 - 1765)

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Nel riposo e nel contento  
godo e sento
lieve il peso dell'età;

e la vita mia contenta
lieta e lenta
alla meta se ne va.

Composition:

    Set to music by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Nel riposo e nel contento", HWV 42 no. 18 (1740), first performed 1741 [ strings, bass voice, and continuo ], from opera Deidamia, no. 18

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