. Tannhäuser : a dramatic poem by Richard Wagner. ame of old pas-sions sears the flesh of new happiness anddrives the errant out of paradise. Wagner, outof the old Tannhauser myth, fashioned the tra-gedy of a mans soul. Every man must bow hishead in reverence to the genius which thusmade quick the battle of passion against purityfor the possession of mans soul. Wagner wroteno mightier tragedy than present series of interpretations (of whichthis volume is the third) has thus treated threegreat dramas,— Parsifal, Lohengrin and Tann-hauser, —all closely connected, and each one asuperb p
. Tannhäuser : a dramatic poem by Richard Wagner. ame of old pas-sions sears the flesh of new happiness anddrives the errant out of paradise. Wagner, outof the old Tannhauser myth, fashioned the tra-gedy of a mans soul. Every man must bow hishead in reverence to the genius which thusmade quick the battle of passion against purityfor the possession of mans soul. Wagner wroteno mightier tragedy than present series of interpretations (of whichthis volume is the third) has thus treated threegreat dramas,— Parsifal, Lohengrin and Tann-hauser, —all closely connected, and each one asuperb portrayal of some vital truth of life. Theyxvi are exquisite in the artistic beauty of their le- JfotC:gends, and thrilling with thesurgeof the mighty fr)0tDproblems with which they struggle. Parsifalmeans enlightenment and salvation throughsuffering; Lohengrin portrays unquestioningfaith as the basis of noblest and happiest life;Tannhauser is a parable of the redemptivepower of a pure and unselfish love% OLIVER HUCKEL XV11 tannhAuser. PART I. THE HILL OF VENUS LOSE to the peaceful vale of Eisen-ach,In far Thuringia, towers a gloomymount, The Horselberg, a grim and lonely pile,Long called thehill of Venus, with its cave, —Unfathomed depths of subterranean gloom, —Where men havelost their soulsinheathenloveTo that fair goddess of the evil heart,Who, banished from the light by the white Christ,Holds now her court and pagan revelries,Deep in the dark abysses of the earth. Come near and gaze into the desperate depths!For now the Horselberg is gaping wide,And music of the revels issues forth,Reechoing from the rocky halls and fair, false Venus holds her court far within! behold the great caves breadth!See there the sparkling, flashing waterfall,Plunging in foam across the mossy rocksTo winding waters of a happy brookThat purls and flashes through the flowery off a crystal lake of shimmering blue,Where graceful naiads toss the shining waves,Wit
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