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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: WILHELM TELL ACT I SCENE I.?A HIGH ROCKY SHORE OF THE LAKE OF LUCERNE OPPOSITE SCHWYTZ. THE LAKE MAKES A BEND INTO THE LAND; A HUT STANDS AT A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE SHORE; THE FISHER BOY IS ROWING ABOUT IN HIS BOAT. BEYOND THE LAKE ARE SEEN THE GREEN MEADOWS, THE HAMLETS AND FARMS OF SCHWYTZ, LYING IN THE CLEAR SUNSHINE. ON THE LEFT ARE OBSERVED THE PEAKS OF THE HACKEN, SURROUNDED WITH CLOUDS; TO THE RIGHT, AND IN THE REMOTE DISTANCE, APPEAR THE GLACIERS. THE RANZ DES VACHES, AND THE TINKLING OF CATTLE BELLS, CONTINUE FOR SOME TIME AFTER THE RISING OF THE CURTAIN. Fisher Boy Sings in his boat] Melody of the Ranz des Vaches THE smile-dimpled lake wooed to bathe in its deep, A boy on its green shore had laid him to sleep; Then heard he a melody Floating along, Sweet as the notes Of an angel's song. And as thrilling with pleasure he wakes from his rest, The waters are rippling over his breast; And a voice from the deep cries, With me thou must go, I charm the young shepherd, I lure him below. Herdsman On the mountains] Air.? Variation of the Ranz des Vaches Farewell, ye green meadows, Farewell, .sunny shore, The herdsman must leave you, The summer is o'er. We go to the hills, but you'll see us again, When the cuckoo calls, and the merry birds sing, When the flowers bloom afresh in glade and in glen, And the brooks sparkle bright in the sunshine of spring. Farewell, ye green meadows, Farewell, sunny shore, The herdsman must leave you, The summer is o'er. Chamois-hunter Appearing on the top of a cliff ] Second Variation of the Ranz des Vaches On the heights peals the thunder, and trembles the bridge, The huntsman bounds on by the dizzying ridge. Undaunted he hies him O'er ice-covered wild, Where leaf never ...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217480901 |
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| ISBN-10 | 021748090X |
| Weight | 0.82 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.57 In |
| List Price | $24.76 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 250 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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