| James and Mary Ford, eds. Every Day in the Year. 1902. | | | | July 26 | | Parsifal—at Baireuth | | By Irving Browne (1835–1899) |
| | | | Richard Wagner’s opera, Parsifal, was first performed at Bayreuth, July 26, 1882. |
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OH solemn harmonies that sound | |
| When worldly light and pleasure fail, | |
| And magic radiance all around | |
| Glows through the Holy Grail! | |
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| Come, lover of a vanished friend! | 5 |
| Uplifted on these strains divine, | |
| Feel love and mercy without end | |
| In pitying Christ that shine! | |
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| Oh Man of Sorrows! cure his grief, | |
| And let the world’s repining small | 10 |
| Within thy bosom find relief, | |
| Thou sorrower for all! | |
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| Forgetful of the world’s unrest, | |
| Each troubled heart in reverence bends, | |
| And for one fleeting moment blest | 15 |
| The Holy Dove descends. | | | |
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