Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act I:Duet. "Grief Increases by Concealing" - Chorus. "When Monarchs Unite, How Happy Their State" (Belinda, Dido, Chorus)

Music: Henry Purcell BELINDA Grief increases by concealing, DIDO Mine admits of no revealing. BELINDA Then let me speak; the Trojan guest Into your tender thoughts has press'd; The greatest blessing Fate can give Our Carthage to secure and Troy revive. The greatest blessing Fate can give Our Carthage to secure and Troy revive. CHORUS When monarchs unite, how happy their state, They triumph at once o'er their foes and their fate.