Händel - Belshazzar; Chorus of Babylonians & Aria Gobrias - Oppress’d with never-ceasing grief

BELSHAZZAR (1745) An Oratorio by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759) Words by Charles Jennens Scene 2 The camp of Cyrus before Babylon. A view of the city, with the River Euphrates running through it. Cyrus, Gobrias, Medes and Persians 6. Chorus of Babylonians (upon the walls, deriding Cyrus, as engaged in an impractible undertaking) Behold, by Persia’s hero made In ample form, the strong blockade! How broad the ditch, how deep it falls! What lofty tow’rs o’erlook the walls! Hark, Cyrus! T