“I dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls,
With vassals and serfs at my side.”

—  Alfred Bunn

"I Dreamt I Dwelt In Marble Halls", The Bohemian Girl, Act 2 (1843), set to music by Michael William Balfe.

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British businessman, librettist 1796–1860

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