Tristan und Isolde;Tristan and Isolda - Opera in Three Acts by Richard Wagner
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held in my arms?
Am I not duped? Is it no dream? O rapture of spirit! O sweetest, highest, fairest, strongest, holiest bliss? Endless pleasure! Boundless treasure! Ne'er to sever! Never! Never! Unconceived, unbelieved, overpowering exaltation! Joy-proclaiming, bliss-outpouring, high in heaven, earth ignoring! Tristan mine! Isolda mine! Tristan! Isolda! Mine alone! Thine alone! Ever all my own! TRISTAN. The light! The light! O but this light, how long 'twas let to burn! |
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