The Spirit of the Hartz

Operetta by Carl Oberthür (1819 - 1895), as Charles Oberthür

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 (Sung text for setting by C. Oberthür)
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Language: English 
Peering o’er the hill, 
Smiling on the mill,
Full orb’d the moon doth rise,
Bathing the gazer’s soul in balm.
Reigns all around a heav’nly calm.
Beaming, gleaming, ope the stars’ bright eyes!

O’er the castled steep
And the millstream deep
the spangling moon beams play,
Elves of the mead and gnomes of the mine,
Now ’tis your hour! the full moonshine!
Moonlight is the Fairies’ Day!

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Set by Carl Oberthür (1819 - 1895), as Charles Oberthür, <<1857 [ voice and piano ]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Total word count: 67