FaustNew Directions Publishing, 1957 - 188 pages |
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already Altmayer Frosch angel apes Baubo beast blood Brander Brocken burning child Chorus comes crowd damned dancing dare Devil door dream drink earth eternal everything evil eyes Faust and Mephistopheles feel fire flames gentlemen girl give gladly glass glow goes Goethe Gretchen happy happy day He-Ape hear heart heaven heavenly Hell holy honor incubus Jukey kiss leave Lilybeth lips Listen little flame live look Lord magic Margaret Faust Martha Mephistopheles enters Mephistopheles Faust Mephistopheles Faust I'll Mephistopheles It's Mephistopheles to Faust Mephistopheles Yes misery mother never night Oberon once play pleasure Poet poodle pretty Puck rat raced Siebel Frosch singing song soon soul spirit stand stirred Student sweet swirl tell there's things thousand TITANIA tonight turn Valentine Voice Wagner Faust Walpurgis Walpurgis Night What's wine Witch words young zither
Popular passages
Page 12 - ... and puffed itself up to rival us spirits? Where are you, Faust, whose voice I heard, who drove yourself toward me with all your strength?
Page 7 - Now I have studied philosophy, Medicine and the law, And, unfortunately, theology, Wearily sweating, yet I stand now, Poor fool, no wiser than I was before; I am called Master, even Doctor, And for these last ten years have drawn My students, by the nose, up, down, Crosswise and crooked. Now I see That we can know nothing finally. Goethe, Faust, opening lines 3.
Page 9 - ... delight thrills through me from this sudden sight! I feel a young and holy zest for life flow, newly glowing, through my veins and nerves. Was it a god who drew these signs which still my inner ravings, fill my wretched heart with joy, and with mysterious impulses unveil the powers of nature around me? Am I a god? All becomes clearer to me! I see in these pure lines creative nature lying open before my soul. Now I begin to understand what the sage means : The world of spirits is not closed; but...