Author : Albert Ellery Bergh
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 24,42 MB
Release : 2015-06-17
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781330133484
Book Description
Excerpt from Dramatic Masterpieces, Vol. 2: By Greek, Spanish, French, German, and English Dramatists Prefixed to the later Editions of Faust. Ye hover nigh, dim-floating shapes again, That erst the misty eye of Fancy knew! Shall I once more your shadowy flight detain, And the fond dreamings of my youth pursue? Ye press around! - resume your ancient reign - As from the hazy past ye rise to view; The magic breath that wafts your airy train Stirs in my breast long-slumbering chords again. Ye raise the pictured forms of happy days, And many a dear loved shade comes up with you; Like the far echo of old-memoried lays, First love and early friendship ye renew. Old pangs return; life's labyrinthine maze Again the plaint of sorrow wanders through, And names the loved ones who from Fate received A bitter call, and left my heart bereaved. They hear no more the sequel of my song, Who heard my early chant with open ear; Dispersed forever is the favoring throng, Dumb the response from friend to friend so dear. My sorrow floats an unknown crowd among, Whose very praise comes mingled with strange fear; And they who once were pleased to hear my lay, If yet they live, have drifted far away. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
