. Verdi's opera Sicilian vespers : containing the Italian text and all the principal airs . rment. Thou who readest his heart !But these horrid bonds ÌLove has destroyed them ! I have returned to my father The life he gave to me. Henceforth I am free To take up my old hatred ! But name ! riches !Arrigo despises all ! From him alone I ask, As a reward of my sufferings,To be allowed to live, Or else to die for ! ah ! you speak to a heart Already disposed to forgive ; My greatest grief was ever To be compelled to hate thee ! An air of contentment Now breathes on my love the
. Verdi's opera Sicilian vespers : containing the Italian text and all the principal airs . rment. Thou who readest his heart !But these horrid bonds ÌLove has destroyed them ! I have returned to my father The life he gave to me. Henceforth I am free To take up my old hatred ! But name ! riches !Arrigo despises all ! From him alone I ask, As a reward of my sufferings,To be allowed to live, Or else to die for ! ah ! you speak to a heart Already disposed to forgive ; My greatest grief was ever To be compelled to hate thee ! An air of contentment Now breathes on my love thee ! and this word Makes death itself a was our hatred Of the cursed Gallic race ! The blood in thy veins Between us is a barrier. Adieu ! eternity awaits us ! Adieu ! be true to me !I die ! this mortal veil I cast off, thinking of me! E DOLCE RAGGIO—A GLEAM OF RAPTURE. Duet. Elena and Arrigo. V ARRIGO. =01 E dol - ceA gleam of ragrap gio, ce - le -ture, from heavn stede do - no, scend - ing, il tuoIs this perthy do - no al mio par - don of all penthe f» » » 1-g-i. P^W^jjg^gg^ vo del dechal - lenge, un sti - no,bend-ing, If vi - - thy CI side no po -I could £--**-.— ELENA. ÌÌ^glp?IÌÌEgÌÌ^ÌÌÌI:Ì^gIli^ tro ah - - po - trodie, ah could die mo - rir!at last ! Or dol - ceHow sweet to allthe a - ni masoul comes the vo - cewhis -per n - suo-nade - scend-ing che ilThat fc=J= P ? » 1 ciel perHeaven doth ipiliiiili^ilslsiOSipiilfli do - na alpar - don tuoall pen the tir past. Sfl - darThe shafts fol - gofate would vo chal del de -lenge, un -
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