Verdi prati

Verdi prati, selve amene,
perderete la beltà.
Vaghi fior, correnti rivi, 
la vaghezza, la bellezza
presto in voi si cangerà.  

Verdi prati, selve amene,
perderete la beltà.
E cangiato il vago oggetto
all'orror del primo aspetto
tutto in voi ritornerà.

by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist

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) , "Verdi prati", HWV 34 (1735), from the opera Alcina, no. ?

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  Twenty Six Italian Songs and Arias (J. G. Paton) [tismusic.com]
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  The Book of Lieder: The Original Texts of Over 1000 Songs [amazon.com]
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