Marvellous
!
So, you say, she is a witch
Seeking
to rob or trick you of your power
?
Venus.
I say so ?
No !
I dare not !
Oh forbear !
TannhAuser
{starts up).
There,
there She comes
in waking
!
Hail to Thee !
I am afraid, I also,
I myself !
Help ! lover, Venus, mistress of my life !
I cannot bear
the glory of the gaze.
No man shall look upon the face of God
!
Where
art thou }
Save me from the scorpion !
I am — alone !
Hathoor.
Light, Truth, arise, arise !
TannhAuser.
I see— I see !
All blinded by the Light —
Thou art the Way, the Truth, the Life, the Love !
Thou, Whom I sought through
ages of deep
sleep
Forgotten
when I died.
There is no death
:
Change alternating
; and forgetfulness
Of one state in the other—easy truth
I could not understand
!
Oh hear me, hear !
Spare me the last illusion
!—She is gone !
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