Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z. 630 - Ed A. Pinnock, M. Laurie / Act 3 - We The Spirits Of The Air - Helen Parker, Libby Crabtree, Julian Podger

We the spirits of the air

That of human things take care,

Out of pity now descend

To forewarn what woes attend.

Greatness clogg’d with scorn decays,

With the slave no empire stays.

We the spirits of the air

That of human things take care,

Out of pity now descend

To forewarn what woes attend.

Cease to languish the in vain

Since never to be loved again.

We the spirits of the air

That of human things take care,

Out of pity now descend

To forewarn what woes attend.

(from «The Indian Quenn»)