[Illustration: THE GRAND OPERA SINGER.]
I heard a great Italian Tenor sing in the Grand Opera, and Oh! how like
the dew on the flowers is the memory of his song! He was playing the
role of a broken-hearted lover in the opera of the "Bohemian Girl."
I can only repeat it as it impressed me--an humble young man from the
mountains who never before had heard the _Grand Opera_:
[Illustration: (Sheet Music)]
"When ethaer-r-r leeps and ethaer-r-r hairts,
Their-r-r tales auf luff sholl tell,
In longwidge whose ex-cess impair-r-r-ts.
The power-r-r-r they feel so well,
There-r-r-e may per-haps in-a such a s-c-e-n-e
Some r-r-re-co-lec-tion be,
Auf days thot haive as hop-py bean--
Then you'll-a r-r-r-re-mem-b-a-e-r-r-r me-e-e,
Then you'll-a r-re-mem-b-a-e-r-r,
You'll-a r-re-mem-ber a-me-e-e!!"