Hymen, haste! thy torch prepare

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.

by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist

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by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759) , "Hymen, haste! thy torch prepare", from the opera Semele, no. ?

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