Category: Plays/Films/Dramas
/The/ appearance of this Second Edition of my translation of "Faust," after an interval of more than forty years from the publication of the original edition, may seem to require a word of explanation. Very soon after the issue of the first edition I became convinced that with...
/The/ appearance of this Second Edition of my translation of "Faust," after an interval of more than forty years from the publication of the original edition, may seem to requir...
33. Scene V.Faust. A strange cold shuddering dread comes o'er me, all The up-heaped wretchedness of time. Here dwells she now behind this damp cold wall, And dear delusion was her only crim...
29. Scene I.Mephistopheles. Would you not like a broomstick to bestride? Would God I had a stout old goat to ride! The way is long; and I would rather spare me This uphill work.
10. Scene VI.Mephistopheles. Thus with good omen we begin; I come to give you good advice, And hope we'll understand each other. The idle fancies to expel, That in your brain make such a pot...
14. Scene III._A caldron is seen boiling on a low hearth. Numbers of strange fantastic figures tumbling up and down in the smoke. A Mother_-/Cat-Ape/[*n8] _sits beside the caldron, taking off...
7. Scene III.Peasants. [_beneath a lime-tree_] The shepherd for the dance was dressed, With ribbon, wreath, and spotted vest, Right sprucely he did show. And round and round the linden-tree...
4. Scene III.Faust. [_alone_] Strange how his pate alone hope never leaves, Who still to shallow husks of learning cleaves! With greedy hand who digs for hidden treasure, And, when he finds...
13. Scene II.Mephistopheles. First thing of all I bring you here, Into a company of jolly cheer, That you may learn how men contrive Without much thought or care to live. These fellows feast...
11. Scene VII.Student. Beseech you, sir, be my adviser! I come with money to spend and spare, With fresh young blood, and a merry heart, On my college career to start: My mother sent me, not...
9. Scene V.Faust. Yes, but you gentlemen proclaim Your nature mostly in your name; Destroyer, God of Flies, the Adversary,[*1] Such names their own interpretation carry. But say, who art t...
18. Scene VII.Martha. [_alone_] In honest truth, it was not nobly done, In my good spouse to leave me here alone! May God forgive him! while he roams at large, O'er the wide world, I live at...
22. Scene III.Faust. [_alone_] Spirit Supreme! thou gav'st me--gav'st me all, For which I asked thee. Not in vain hast thou Turned toward me thy countenance in fire. Thou gavest me wide Natur...
2. Scene I.Faust. There now, I've toiled my way quite through Law, Medicine, and Philosophy, And, to my sorrow, also thee, Theology, with much ado; And here I stand, poor human fool, As wi...
20. Scene I.Margaret. I feel it well, 'tis from pure condescension You pay to one like me so much attention. With travellers 'tis a thing of course, To be contented with the best they find;...
27. Scene VIII.Valentin. When I sat with our merry men, At a carousal, now and then, Where one may be allowed a boast, And my messmates gave toast for toast To the girl they prized the most, A...
30. Scene II.Falung Star. Last night I shot from starry sky And fell upon my nose here; Will no one come where flat I lie, And plant me on my toes here?
24. Scene V.Faust. Fear not! thou know'st I love thee well: and know For whom I love my life's last drop shall flow! For other men, I have nor wish nor need To rob them of their church, or...
8. Scene IV.Faust. [_entering with the_ /Poodle/.] Now field and meadow lie behind me, Hushed 'neath the veil of deepest night, And thoughts of solemn seeming find me, Too holy for the gari...
16. Scene V.Margaret. [_Plaiting and putting up her hair._] I wonder who the gentleman could be, That on the street accosted me to-day! He looked a gallant cavalier and gay, And must be of...
5. Scene I.The First. No mighty matter that for me, Since he will walk with none but thee, In every dance, too, he is thine: What have thy joys to do with mine?
12. Scene I.Frosch. Will no one sing? none crack a joke? I'll teach you to make saucy faces! Like old wet straw to-day you smoke, While bright as flame your wonted blaze is.
3. Scene II.Wagner. Your pardon, sir, I heard your voice declaiming, No doubt some old Greek drama, and I came in, To profit by your learned recitation; For in these days the art of declama...
31. Scene III.Faust. In misery! in despair! Wandering in hopeless wretchedness over the wide earth, and at last made prisoner! Shut up like a malefactor in a dungeon, victim of the most horri...
15. Scene IV.Faust. By heaven, this child is passing fair! A fairer never crossed my view; Of such a modest gentle air, Yet with a dash of pertness too, And girlish innocent conceit; Her lip...
17. Scene VI.Mephistopheles. Only conceive! the box of rare gewgaws For Margaret got, is in a parson's claws! The thing came to the mother's sight, Who soon suspected all was not right: The...
19. Scene VIII.Mephistopheles. Bravo! 'tis well you are on fire; Soon shall you have your heart's desire. This evening you shall meet her at her neighbor's; A dame 'tis to a nicety made For th...
25. Scene VI.Eliza. Well, well! she has herself to thank. How long did she not hang upon The fellow!--Yes! that was a parading, A dancing and a promenading! Must always be before the rest! A...
6. Scene II.Faust. The ice is now melted from stream and brook By the Spring's genial life-giving look; Forth smiles young Hope in the greening vale, And ancient Winter, feeble and frail, C...
28. Scene IX.Evil Spirit. How different, Margaret, was thy case, When, in thine innocence, thou didst kneel Before the altar, And from the well-worn book Didst lisp thy prayers, Half childis...
26. Scene VII.Oh! who can know What bitter woe Doth pierce me through and through? The fear, the anguish of my heart, Its every pang, its every smart, Know'st thou, and only thou.
21. Scene II.Margaret. [_alone_] Dear God! what such a man as this Can think on all and everything! I stand ashamed, and simple _yes_ Is the one answer I can bring. I wonder what a man, so l...
23. Scene IV.My bosom swells, And pants for him, O that I might clasp him, And cling to him! And kiss him, and kiss him The live-long day, And on his kisses Melt away!
32. Scene IV.