Handel - "Semele" - Chorus of Priests - Act I: Avert these omens | Текст песни

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12. Chorus of Priests

Avert these omens, all ye pow'rs!
Some god averse our holy rites controls;
O'erwhelm'd with sudden night the day expires,
Ill-boding thunder on the right hand rolls,
And Jove himself descends in show'rs
To quench our late propitious fires.

[Flames are rekindled on the altar.]

13. Accompagnato

[Cadmus]
Again auspicious flashes rise,
Juno accepts our sacrifice.

[The fire is again extinguished.]

Again the sickly flame decaying dies:
Juno assents, but angry Jove denies.

14. Recitative

[Athamas]
Thy aid, pronubial Juno, Athamas implores!
[Semele (apart)]
Thee, Jove, and thee alone, thy Semele adores!

[A loud clap of thunder; the altar sinks.]

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