Slide set: Excelsior (song: Bamforth & Co., 12 slides, 1899)

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Slide 1**

Slide 2**

The shades of night were falling fast, / As through an Alpine village passed

Slide 3**

His brow was sad, his eye beneath / Flashed like a falchion from its sheath

Slide 4**

Above the spectral glaciers shone, / And from his lips escaped a groan

Slide 5**

'Try not the pass,' the old man said. / Dark lowers the tempest overhead

Slide 6**

'O stay! O stay!' the maiden said, / 'Rest thy weary head upon this breast'

Slide 7**

'Beware the pine tree's withered branch,' / 'Beware the awful avalanche'

Slide 8

At the break of day, as heaven-ward / The pious monks of San Bernard

Slide 9**

A voice cried through the startled air / 'Excelsior! Excelsior!'

Slide 10**

A traveller by the faithful hound / Half buried in the snow was found

Slide 11**

There in the twilight cold and grey, / Lifeless but beautiful he lay

Slide 12**

And from the sky severe and far / A voice fell like a falling star. 'Excelsior! Excelsior!'

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Number of slides

Manufacturer

Bamforth & Co., England

Other related organisation

in stock of Peter Feathers, 1901

Main type of image

life model

Main usage of set

song

Date of first manufacture

1899

Reading or song

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Michael Balfe, ‘Excelsior’ in Short lantern readings 28 (1899)

Related slide set

see generic title Excelsior (generic set title – 3 different versions are known)

Collections

11 slides known to exist in private collection

12 slides known to exist in private collection

Subject keyword

creative arts – music – songs

Lucerna ID 3002262

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 14 March 2024

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Slide set: Excelsior (song: Bamforth & Co., 12 slides, 1899)