Excerpt from The Young Prima Donna, Vol. 1 of 2: A Romance of the OperaLet fate/do her worst, there are moments of joy, Bright dreams of the past, which she cannot destroy, Which come in the night time of sorrow and care, And bring back the features that joy used to wear.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.