Richard Wagner And His Poetical Work From "rienzi" to "parsifal";
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The daugh- ters of the Rhine joyously lift up the reconquered ring, while Hagen, who had rushed forward to seize it again, is carried away with the flood, and on the heights 128 RICHARD WAGNER. in a dim light the Walhalla is seen crum- bling about the gods, who fade awa}', and become effaced. PARSIFAL: A LYRICAL FEAST. FIRST ACT. The first act of Parsifal takes us to Mont Salvat, in the country where the mysterious temple of the Grail rises upon the northern side of the mountains of the Spanish... Visigoths. A magnificent forest glade, on the border of a beautiful lake, is just waking in the first gleam of dawn. Two youthful shield-bearers and Gurnemanz, a robust old man, are sleep- ing, stretched upon the grass at the foot of a tree. From the further side of the tem- ple and castle, which are not seen, is heard the sound of trumpets solemnly pealing forth the early morning summons, and the POETIC WORK. I29 sleepers, whose mission it is to watch over the sacred forest, start up ashamed of having allowed themselves to be overcome by sleep.
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