. 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 . re!Thy loyal vassals all are near,Waiting for thee to give the word,And fight by thy all-conqring sword. All are surprised when the knight announces that he is forcedto decline the command of the expedition, and tells of the attempton his life. The King declares Telramund to be justly slain, and Lohengrinnow reveals with reluctance that Elsa has broken her promise. Lohengrin : And further, I declare in face of Heavn, Though bitte
. 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 . re!Thy loyal vassals all are near,Waiting for thee to give the word,And fight by thy all-conqring sword. All are surprised when the knight announces that he is forcedto decline the command of the expedition, and tells of the attempton his life. The King declares Telramund to be justly slain, and Lohengrinnow reveals with reluctance that Elsa has broken her promise. Lohengrin : And further, I declare in face of Heavn, Though bitter grief to me it bode, That from her fair allegiance hath been driven The wife that Heavn on me bestowd. Ye all have heard her give her word in token That she my name and country neer would ask: That promise her impatient heart hath broken— Vainly I hopd she would fulfill her task! Now mark me well, I will no more withhold it, Nor have I cause to shrink from any test; When I my name and lineage have unfolded Yell know that I am noble as the best! Then follows the great narrative of Lohengrin, one of the mosthomer as ortrud dramatic declamations in all * Double-Faced Record—See page 246. 244 VICTROLA BOOK OF THE OPERA — WAGNERS LOHENGRIN Lohengrins Narrative—In fernem Land (In Distant Lands) By Herman Jadlowker, Tenor (In German) 76026 12-inch, $ By Evan Williams, Tenor (In English) 74130 12-inch, Lohengrin: In distant land, by ways remote and hidden,There stands a mount that men call Monsalvat;It holds a shrine, to the profane forbidden:More precious there is nought on earth than that,And thrond in light it holds a cup immortal,That whoso sees from earthly sin is cleansd;Twas borne by angels thro the heavnly portal—Its coming hath a holy reign every year a dove from Heavn descendeth,To strengthen it anew for works of grace;Tis called the Grail, the powr of Heavn attendethThe faithful knights who guard that sacred whom the Grail
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