Wagner's Letters

Richard Wagner to Mathilde Wesendonck

Undated · Zurich

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[Mid- April 1858?] That letter — how mournful it has made me ! The demon moves from out one heart into the other. How subjugate it ? O we poor creatures ! We are not our own. Demon, change to god! That letter has made me mournful. Yesterday I wrote to our friend, f She will be sure to come in, before long.

Richard Wagner

Source: Richard Wagner to Mathilde Wesendonck, translated by Ellis, No. 50

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