We have seen not, nor shall see.
Lost the Love, the Hate, the Mirth—
Light upon thee lie the earth!
Hervé's Chilpéric is hailed in 1870 as a welcome substitute for the tyranny of Schneider and Offenbach; as for Tannhäuser, Punch was apparently very much of the same way of thinking as the members of the Jockey Club in Paris, who received it with whistles and cat-calls in 1861:—
GEE WOE, WAGNER
A Solo by Mr. Crusty, after hearing a Selection from the Opera of Tannhäuser
"The music of the future," eh?
Well, some may think it pleasant!
But when such trash again they play,