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THE PEDIGREE OF THE ROMANTIC SCHOOL IN MUSIC. |
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THE PEDIGREE OF THE ROMANTIC SCHOOL IN MUSIC.
HAYDN, thy hand 'twas first from heaven that broughtPromethean fire, fair music's failing light
Anew to kindle. From thy slackening might
The falling torch of song sweet Schubert caught
And bore it onward with the speed of thought,
Brightlier forever burning and more bright,
Till all too soon, for Time's untimeous spite,
He too must pass and leave his work half-wrought.
Then Berlioz took the fiery cross again
And bore it flaming over land and sea,
'Spite dearth and doubt and scorn, triumphantly,
Till to his succour other champions twain,
Wagner and Liszt, there came: and who were fain
To add a fourth unto these Thunderers three?
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