Faust — Part 1 by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
page 133 of 274 (48%)
page 133 of 274 (48%)
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And then this pot?
THE MONKEYS The half-witted sot! He knows not the pot! He knows not the kettle! MEPHISTOPHELES Unmannerly beast! Be civil at least! THE HE-MONKEY Take the whisk and sit down in the settle! (He makes MEPHISTOPHELES sit down.) FAUST (who all this time has been standing before a looking-glass, now approaching, and now retiring from it) What do I see? what form, whose charms transcend The loveliness of earth, is mirror'd here! O Love, to waft me to her sphere, To me the swiftest of thy pinions lend! Alas! If I remain not rooted to this place, If to approach more near I'm fondly lur'd, Her image fades, in veiling mist obscur'd |
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