Tannhäuser

The work of man, and all his pomp and power, Deface them : shatter the aspiring tower ! Let all his houses be as caves and holes, Unto the Beast I give them. And their souls — Lift up the shadowy hand !— Confound with darkness them that understand ! For why ? Me, the Most High, It doth repent Me, having made mankind! Let her be known a little while, and then A little while a stranger. Dumb and blind, Deaf to the Light and Breath of Me be men ! She is become an harlot's bed, the home And dwelling of the fallen one ! Arise ! Ye heavens, ye lower serving skies ! Beneath My dome Serve ye the lofty ones. The Governors, Them shall ye govern. Cast the fallen down ! Bring forth with them that are Fertility's ! Destroy the rotten ! Let no shores Remain in any number ! Add and crown. Diminish and discrown, until the stars Be numbered ! Rise, ye adamantine bars ! Let pass your Masters ! Move ye and appear ! Execute judgment and eternal ill. The law of justice, and the law of fear. It is My Will ! " I lO