Excerpt from Tannhäuser: A Story of All Time I Shall not tell thee that I love thee! Nay! by the Star in Heaven burning, Its ray to me at midnight turning To tell me that it beams above thee- Nay! though thou wert, as I am, yearning, I should not tell thee that I love thee! I know what secret thought once blossomed Into a blush that seemed a kiss, Some swift suppressed extreme of bliss In thy most fearful sigh embosomed. What oracle should prate of this? I know the secret thought that blossomed! Extol the truth of love's disdain! Love, daring by no glance to gladden A heart that waits but that to madden About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.