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The triumph and the vanity

by Arnold Schoenberg From Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte

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The triumph and the vanity
English source: George Gordon, Lord Byron

The triumph and the vanity,
The rapture of the strife -
The earthquake voice of Victory,
To thee the breath of life;
The sword, the sceptre, and that sway
Which man seem'd made but to obey,
Wherewith renown was rife -
All quell'd! - Dark Spirit! what must be
The madness of thy memory!

Composer

Arnold Schoenberg

Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg or Schönberg was an Austrian composer, music theorist, and painter. He was associated with the expressionist movement in German poetry and art, and leader of the Second Viennese School.

Poet

George Gordon, Lord Byron

George Gordon Byron (later Noel), 6th Baron Byron, FRS , commonly known simply as Lord Byron, was an English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement. Among his best-known works are the lengthy narrative poems Don Juan and Childe Harold's…

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