Wagner's Letters

Richard Wagner to Mathilde Wesendonck

Undated · Zurich

Letter

So that one may not fall into the plight again, of having to tell good stories badly, I deposit in the Wesendonck house the accompanying exemplar [Grimms' Deutsche Sagen, 1816, No. 72] ; for black on white is a glorious thing. You see, you won't be rid of me in a hurry ! I'm burrowing so into your house, that, even if you burned it down, a very well-known voice would cry to you from out the salvage : " 'Twas time that we got out ! "

Richard Wagner

Source: Richard Wagner to Mathilde Wesendonck, translated by Ellis, No. 42

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