Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a, Act II: Wretched Lovers! (Chorus)
John Gay, Ovid, George Frideric Handel
Wretched lovers! Fate has past
This sad decree: no joy shall last.
Wretched lovers, quit your dream!
Behold the monster Polypheme!
See what ample strides he takes!
The mountain nods, the forest shakes
The waves run frighten'd to the shores:
Hark, how the thund'ring giant roars!
