Identifier: victrolabookofop00vict (find matches)
Title: The Victrola book of the opera : stories of one hundred and twenty operas with seven-hundred illustrations and descriptions of twelve-hundred Victor opera records
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Victor Talking Machine Company Rous, Samuel Holland
Subjects: Operas
Publisher: Camden, N.J. : Victor Talking Machine Co.
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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fROM THE PAINTING BY KAULBACH Tannhauser: Rome I gained at last: * * *Then he who thus I prayed replied:If thou hast shared the joys of HelThou art forever more accursed! THE DEATH OF ELIZABETH Tannhauser: Rome I gained at last; with tears imploring,I knelt before the rood in faith adoring.When daylight broke, the silvry bells were pealing;Through vaulted roof a song divine was stealing;A cry of joy breaks forth from thousand voices—The hope of pardon evry heart rejoices.1 told what mad desires my soul had dark-ened,By sinful earthly pleasure long enslavd—To me it seemd that he in mercy harkend—A gracious word in dust and tears I cravd.Then he who thus I prayed replied:If thou hast shared the joys of HellIf thou unholy flames hast nursdThat in the hill of Venus dwell,Thou art forever more accursd!And as this barren staff I holdNeer will put forth a flower or leaf,Thus shalt thou never more beholdSalvation or thy sins relief! Wolfram, in horror, urges him to remain, but Tannhause

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