Excerpt from Mysteries of the Great Operas Ah! At this spectacle through every sense, What sudden ecstasy of joy is flowing; I feel new rapture, hallowed and intense. Now of the wise man's words I learn the sense Unlocked the spirit world is lying, Thy senses shut, thy heart is dead; Up, scholar! Lave with zeal undying Thine earthly breast in morning red. How all that lives and works is ever blending, Weaves one vast whole from Being's ample range, See powers celestial rising and descending, Their golden buckets' ceaseless interchange. Their flight on rapture breathing pinions winging, From heaven to earth the rhythm bringing. 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.