Lyric Opera

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“There exists a kind of laughter which is worthy to be ranked with the higher lyric emotions and is infinitely different from the twitchings of a mean merrymaker.”
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“The opera house sparkled with tiers
And tiers of eyes, like mine enlarged by belladonna,”
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