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TANNHAUSER
Orgy of ill and triumph of the sense,
And she the dominant and insatiable
Black Venus of the nether gulfs of hell,
And her caresses fierce and swift and dense:
And he the knight triumphant in offence,
Snared in the toils of evil and the spell
Of murderous hair and kisses that compel,
And in the glory of impenitence.
And she the dominant and insatiable
Black Venus of the nether gulfs of hell,
And her caresses fierce and swift and dense:
And he the knight triumphant in offence,
Snared in the toils of evil and the spell
Of murderous hair and kisses that compel,
And in the glory of impenitence.
But hark! again the pilgrims' stately song
Mounts from the bursting trombones that prolong
The hymn victorious over sin and death,
Rejoicing with thee where the sunbeams live,
Maid who canst love and canst for love forgive,
O far-seen phantom of Elizabeth!
Mounts from the bursting trombones that prolong
The hymn victorious over sin and death,
Rejoicing with thee where the sunbeams live,
Maid who canst love and canst for love forgive,
O far-seen phantom of Elizabeth!
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