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MERMAN AND MERMAID.

(Grand Operatic Phantasmagoria)

What mystery here behold? The sea in sleep had drowned These wandering, wearisome souls. Let's not molest them From peaceful slumber. How calm, how still, They do not breathe. Now our horns we'll sound, The sea will echo magic round.

Those sounds mysteriously Filled the sea with echoes. Perhaps may be our parents calling Or some mystery in the deep. Great wonders, behold here they are, Clothed in Nature's garments. How pale, how calm, their hearts beat not. Oh merciful God ! The sea claimed their last sleep.

Those curious, wondrous Nymphs perhaps, In magic have entrapped Their souls to the Garden of the Gods.

The sea, the sea that in magic sways, Has thousands of tales untold. Where enemies lay in wait, Betrays mysteries that never unfold. The sea, the sea, that in magic sways, The sea, the sea, that in magic sways, Has thousands of tales untold. Where enemies lay in wait, Betrays mysteries that never unfold.