. 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 . COPVT MISHKIN GERVILLE-REACHE Samson: Look down, look down on me, have pity on me,Have mercy, Lord, have mercy upon me!I turned away from Thy most righteous pathAnd now I suffer justly from Thy poor bruised soul to Thee now do I offer,I who deserve but the -jeers of the sightless eyes doth the light of day fall,Now is my soul steeped in bitterness and gall. Chorus: Samson, why hast thou betrayed thy brethren?
. 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 . COPVT MISHKIN GERVILLE-REACHE Samson: Look down, look down on me, have pity on me,Have mercy, Lord, have mercy upon me!I turned away from Thy most righteous pathAnd now I suffer justly from Thy poor bruised soul to Thee now do I offer,I who deserve but the -jeers of the sightless eyes doth the light of day fall,Now is my soul steeped in bitterness and gall. Chorus: Samson, why hast thou betrayed thy brethren? Samson : Alas; Israel, still in chains! 12-inch, $ From heavn Gods vengeance descending Evry hope of return now ending, Now only suffering remains. Grant us again, Lord, the light of Thy favor, Deign but once more, Lord, Thy people to aid. Withhold Thy wrath, though Thou hast been betrayd,Thou art our God and Thy love doth not : God, still in Thy strength we confide,Be Thou yet our prop and our guide!Samson, why hast thou betrayed thy brethren? * Double-Faced Record—See page 454. 453 VICTROLA BOOK OF THE OPERA—SAMSON AND DELILAH. copyt white Samson: Sore my distress, my guilt and anguish. Have pity, O Lord, in misery I languish! (Act III) SCENE II—A Magnificent Hall in the Temple of DagonThe High Priests and Philistines, with Delilah and the Philistine maidens, are rejoicingover the downfall of their enemies, Coro y Bacanal (Chorus and Bachanal) By Banda Real de Alabarderos de Madrid *62660 10-inch, $ They have sent for Samson to make sport of him. Delilah approaches him and tauntshim with his weakness. He bows his head in prayer, and when they have wearied of theirsport Samson asks the page to lead him to the great pillars which support the Temple. Heoffers a last prayer to God for strength to overcome his enemies, then, straining at thepillars, he overthrows them. The Temple falls amid the shrieks and groans of the people. DOUBLE-FACED I Samson and D
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