The Secrets of a Savoyard (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Secrets of a Savoyard "The Gondoliers." (After assisting at the first night of the new Gilbertand-Sullivan revival.) You may boast of your Georgian birds of song And say that never was stuff so strong, That its note of genius simply mocks At yester-century's feeble crocks, And floods the Musical Comedy stage With the dazzling art of a peerless age. But for delicate grace and dainty wit, For words and melody closely knit, Your best purveyors of mirth and joy Were never in sight of the old Savoy, They never began to compete, poor dears, With Gilbert-and-Sullivan's Gondoliers. For me, as an out-of-date Victorian, Prehistoric and dinosaurian, I hardly feel that I dare reflect On the art of the day with disrespect, But if anyone asks me, "Who'll survive - The living dead, or the dead alive? Which of the two will be last to go - The Gondoliers or the latest show?" I wouldn't give much for the latter's chance, That is the view that I advance, Trusting the public to bear me out (The good from the bad they re quick to sever), "Of this I nurse no manner of doubt, No probable, possible shadow of doubt, No possible doubt whatever." - O. S. 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.