Identifier: mastersingersofn00huck (find matches)
Title: The master-singers of Nuremberg
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Huckel, Oliver, 1864-1940 Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Meistersinger von Nürnberg
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Publisher: New York : T. Y. Crowell
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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med to wake. She rose and graciously,Her face all radiant and like roses red,Walked to the platforms edge, where on the stepsKnelt Walter, and with smile serene and pure,Upon his brow she placed the victors wreath,Entwined of myrtle and of laurel leaves,Commingled sign of fame and victory.As he arose and gazed into her eyesMost lovingly, she took the hand he profferedAnd led him to her father, at whose feetThey knelt most humbly, while above them bothHe stretched his hands in gracious benedic-tion.Then, pointing to the group, spake good Hans Sachs:My friends, this gallant witness answered well;Blame you Hans Sachs for his part here to-day?And all the people jubilantly cried: Nay, nay, Hans Sachs, we honor your good thought!It was your wit and wisdom saved the day!Then cried the Master-singers once again:Now, Master Pogner, do your duty well!Grace this young gallant knight with rank of Master!And Master Pogner brought a golden chain,Enriched with three medallions, finelywrought, —126
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THE CROWNING OF THE MASTER^SINGER The sign and seal of Master-singers rank, — ^fcg And spake: Adorned with royal Davids face, grQatfter Now I receive you in the Masters Guild! And Walter for a moment shrank and said: ^ottff Nay, not a Master-singer, not for me! Let me be happy without being Master! But as the Masters, disconcerted, looked Toward good Hans Sachs for help, he warmly said,Grasping young Walter by the hand, and smiling:Think kindly of the Master-singers ways,And show respect unto the Art they honor.So heed my words, revere our German Masters,If you would nurture up a nobler life;For if their spirit lives among the people,Though falls the mighty holy Roman Empire,Yet still upon our home-soil there shall thriveOur glorious boast, our sacred German Art!And all the throng joined in tumultuous praise.Yet this great sea of sound told but a partOf all the gratitude which swelled and surgedIn two most happy hearts, at last made one.For Eva took the crown from Walters headAnd pl

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