by William Congreve (1670 - 1729)
Hymen, haste! thy torch prepare
Language: English
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Hymen, haste! thy torch prepare! Love already his has lighted, thy torch prepare! One soft sigh has cur'd despair, And more than my past pains requited.
Text Authorship:
- by William Congreve (1670 - 1729) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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), "Hymen, haste! thy torch prepare", HWV 58 no. 9 (1743), from opera Semele, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 4
Word count: 26