by Paolo Antonio Rolli (1687 - 1765)
Come all'urto aggressor
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Our translations: ENG
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Come all'urto aggressor d'un torrente rovinosa alta mole cadente, sotto al braccio del greco guerriero tutto d'Asia l'impero cadrà. Ma il valor, come belva feroce, senza il senno a sé stesso pur nuoce: sarò guida degli altri al furore, e il mio vanto maggiore sarà.
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Come all'urto aggressor", HWV 42 no. 31 (1741), first performed 1741, from opera Deidamia, no. 31 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Beneath the arms of Grecian warriors", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-09
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