Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a, Act II: Mourn, All Ye Muses! (Chorus)
Ovid, George Frideric Handel, John Gay
Mourn, all ye muses! Weep, all ye swains!
Tune, tune your reeds to doleful strains!
Groans, cries and howlings fill the neighb'ring shore:
Ah, the gentle Acis is no more!