Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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But not so proud! All very good!
And what you want I'll promise soon to get you. _Citizen's Daughter_. Come, Agatha! I dread in public sight To prattle with such hags; don't stay, O, Luddy! 'Tis true she showed me, on St. Andrew's night, My future sweetheart in the body. _The other_. She showed me mine, too, in a glass, Right soldierlike, with daring comrades round him. I look all round, I study all that pass, But to this hour I have not found him. _Soldiers_. Castles with lowering Bulwarks and towers, Maidens with towering Passions and powers, Both shall be ours! Daring the venture, Glorious the pay! When the brass trumpet Summons us loudly, Joy-ward or death-ward, On we march proudly. That is a storming! Life in its splendor! Castles and maidens Both must surrender. |
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