. Richard Wagner : his life and works . ialnot sufficing to calm publicopinion, which would notlisten to reason, Hans vonBiilow, and then Wagnerhimself, had the simplicityto interpose and reply tothe charge. I have seen,said Wagner, in a protes-tation published in Ger-many, France and England, the newspapers pitilesslyridicule my labors and mytendencies. I have seenmy work dragged in themud and hissed at the the- 1 • 1 • , KING LOHENGRIN. atre ; but it has remained D , .. , „ .. , R . .. Portrait of the king of Bavaria, in the costume and the for me to see my person, boat of chara
. Richard Wagner : his life and works . ialnot sufficing to calm publicopinion, which would notlisten to reason, Hans vonBiilow, and then Wagnerhimself, had the simplicityto interpose and reply tothe charge. I have seen,said Wagner, in a protes-tation published in Ger-many, France and England, the newspapers pitilesslyridicule my labors and mytendencies. I have seenmy work dragged in themud and hissed at the the- 1 • 1 • , KING LOHENGRIN. atre ; but it has remained D , .. , „ .. , R . .. Portrait of the king of Bavaria, in the costume and the for me to see my person, boat of character, my privatelife, defamed in the most outrageous manner, even in thecountries where my works were admired, and where peoplerecognized in my efforts a manly energy and a noble signifi-cation. The king, faithful to his friendship, at first paid no heed toall this talk. But so much stress was laid upon Wagnerspolitical role in Saxony and upon his exile; the nobility andthe clergy were so urgent in their protestations ; the coun-. {Der Floh, Vienna, Aug. 30, 1885.) 2 IO RICHARD WAGNER sellors of the young prince reproached him with so muchbitterness for compromising the public tranquility in defend-ing at any cost a man repugnant to all, that he finally yielded, in order to prove, said he in a letter addressed to one ofhis ministers, that the confidence and affection of my well-loved people are in my mind the first consideration. Heasked Wagner to leave Munich for a few months, and im-mediately the delighted populace spread the report of a final estrangement. Wag-ner, however, knowingwell that this disgrace wasmore apparent than real,had tranquilly taken againthe road to exile. Inpoint of fact the favor ofthe king never failed him,nor was the hostility of thecountry against him everdisarmed; to the Bavarianshe was already the Prus-sian as he was later on The old Orpheus animated the rocks; the new one makes tO tne . money-bags dance — and that to an infinite
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