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The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Novel Chapters
List of most recent chapters published for the The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries novel. A total of 990 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
Latest Release: Chapter 1 : The German Cla.s.sics of The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.Volume I.by Editor-in-Ch
The German Cla.s.sics of The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.Volume I.by Editor-in-Chief: Kuno Francke.PREFACE It is surprising how little the English-speaking world knows of German literature of the nineteenth century. Goethe and Schiller found their
- 1 The German Cla.s.sics of The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.Volume I.by Editor-in-Chief: Kuno Francke.PREFACE It is surprising how little the English-speaking world knows of German literature of the nineteenth century. Goethe and Schiller found their
- 2 In the spring of 1770 Goethe entered the University of Stra.s.sburg, which was at that time in French territory. It was a part of his general purpose to better his French, but the actual effect of his sojourn in Alsatia was to put him out of humor with al
- 3 I dared not hope to win such grace.To part--alas what grief in this is!-- In every look thy heart spoke plain.What ecstasy was in thy kisses!What changing thrill of joy and pain!I went. One solace yet to capture, Thine eyes pursued in sweet distress. But
- 4 But from out the damp gray distance rising, Softly now the storm proclaims its advent, Presseth down each bird upon the waters, Presseth down the throbbing hearts of mortals.And it cometh. At its stubborn fury, Wisely ev'ry sail the seaman striketh;
- 5 Tempest and torrent, Thunder and hail, Roar on their path, Seizing the while, As they haste onward, One after another.Even so, fortune Gropes 'mid the throng-- Innocent boyhood's Curly head seizing,-- Seizing the h.o.a.ry Head of the sinner.Afte
- 6 Peace as its first signal peal it!(_Song of the Bell_--concluding lines).And so it proved! The nation felt, ere long, That peaceful signal, and, with blessings fraught, A new-born joy appeared; in gladsome song To hail the youthful princely pair we sought
- 7 Yonder mountain's pride so stately Thou dost shame like dawn's red glow; And its spell once more bids Hatem Thrill of spring and summer know.Once more fill the gla.s.s, the flagon!Let me drink to my desire.If she find a heap of ashes, Say, "
- 8 As Longfellow's _Evangeline_, treating in the same verse-form of the dactylic hexameter and in a way partly epic and partly idyllic a story of love and domestic interests in a contrasting setting of war and exile, was modeled on _Hermann and Dorothea
- 9 So sat the three together about the highly waxed table, Gleaming and round and brown, that on mighty feet was supported.Joyously rang at once the gla.s.ses of landlord and pastor, But his motionless held the third, and sat lost in reflection, Until with w
- 10 This I hope therefore of thee, my Hermann, that into our dwelling Thou wilt be bringing ere long a bride who is handsomely dowered; For it is meet that a gallant young man have an opulent maiden.Great is the comfort of home whene'er, with the woman e
- 11 EUTERPE MOTHER AND SON Thus entertaining themselves, the men sat talking. The mother Went meanwhile to look for her son in front of the dwelling, First on the settle of stone, whereon 'twas his wont to be seated.When she perceived him not there, she
- 12 Gentle, he is; I am sure, now his little excitement is over, And he can feel how unjust his pa.s.sion has made him to others.Come, let us venture at once: success is alone to the valiant!Further we need the friends, still sitting together there with him;
- 13 He that is happy, forsooth, is contentious! Will sufferings never Teach you to cease from your brawls of old between brother and brother?Grudge not one to another a place on the soil of the stranger; Rather divide what ye have, as yourselves ye would hope
- 14 "Much I approve of thy caution," the preacher replied as he followed."Not for ourselves is the suit, and 'tis delicate wooing for others."Toward the good magistrate, then, the men directed their footsteps, Who was again ascending
- 15 Mine is the charge of the farm; my father bears rule in the household; While the presiding spirit of all is the diligent mother.But thine experience doubtless has taught thee how grievously servants, Now through deceit, and now through their carelessness,
- 16 Greatly was courtesy valued among our neighbors the Frenchmen, During their earlier days; it was common to n.o.ble and burgher, As to the peasant, and every one made it the rule of his household.So, on the side of us Germans, the children were likewise ac
- 17 Let me go back! for here in this house I can tarry no longer.I will away, and wander in search of my hapless companions, Whom I forsook in their need; for myself alone choosing the better.This is my firm resolve, and I therefore may make a confession Whic
- 18 Surely a Greek dramatist of the first rank, come to life again in Goethe's age and entering into the heritage of this development, would have modernized both subject and form in the same way.Most intimate is the relation of _Iphigenia_ to Goethe'
- 19 Hence is it that my bleeding heart ne'er heals.In early youth, when first my soul, in love, Held father, mother, brethren fondly twin'd, A group of tender germs, in union sweet, We sprang in beauty from the parent stem, And heavenward grew; alas
- 20 ARKAS Almost it seems so. True, he speaks not of thee, But casual words have taught me that the wish Thee to possess hath firmly seiz'd his soul; O leave him not a prey unto himself, Lest his displeasure, rip'ning in his breast, Should work thee
- 21 The t.i.tan's mighty breast and nervous frame Was his descendants' certain heritage; But round their brow Jove forg'd a band of bra.s.s.Wisdom and patience, prudence and restraint, He from their gloomy, fearful eye conceal'd; In them e
- 22 THOAS This voice no doubt the priestess hears alone.IPHIGENIA Before all others should the prince attend it.THOAS Thy sacred office, and ancestral right To Jove's own table, place thee with the G.o.ds In closer union than an earth-born savage.IPHIGE
- 23 PYLADES My very life began when thee I lov'd.ORESTES Say, then thy woes began, and thou speak'st truly.This is the sharpest sorrow of my lot, That, like a plague-infected wretch, I bear Death and destruction hid within my breast; That, where I t
- 24 ORESTES I most esteem the brave and upright man.PYLADES And therefore have I not desir'd thy counsel.One step's already taken. From our guards E'en now I this intelligence have gained. A strange and G.o.dlike woman holds in check The execut
- 25 PYLADES The day of his return, as from the bath Arose the monarch, tranquil and refresh'd, His robe demanding from his consort's hand, A tangled garment, complicate with folds, She o'er his shoulders flung and n.o.ble head; And when, as fro
- 26 What should I fear'? Orestes, Electra lives.ORESTES And fearest thou for Clytemnestra naught?IPHIGENIA Her, neither hope nor fear have power to save. ORESTES She to the land of hope hath bid farewell.IPHIGENIA Did her repentant hand shed her own bloo
- 27 Reserve it for one favor'd by the G.o.ds.IPHIGENIA To thee they give anew the light of hope.ORESTES Through clouds and smoke I see the feeble gleam Of the death-stream which lights me down to h.e.l.l. IPHIGENIA Hast thou one sister only, thy Electra?
- 28 [IPHIGENIA _retires_.]SCENE II ORESTES (_recovering from his swoon and standing up_) Give yet another! reach from Lethe's stream The last reviving draught of cool refreshment!Soon shall its waters in my bosom still Life's fitful fever; and my sp
- 29 Priestess, with speed conclude the sacrifice! Impatiently the king and people wait. IPHIGENIA I had performd my duty and thy will, Had not an unforeseen impediment The execution of my purpose thwarted. ARKAS What is it that obstructs the kings commands?
- 30 Believe me, all doth now depend on thee.The irritated temper of the king Alone condemns these men to bitter death.The soldiers from the cruel sacrifice And b.l.o.o.d.y service long have been disused; Nay, many, whom their adverse fortunes cast In foreign
- 31 PYLADES Danger again doth hover o'er our heads!Alas! Why hast thou failed to shroud thyself Within the veil of sacerdotal rites?IPHIGENIA I never have employ'd them as a veil. PYLADES Pure soul! thy scruples will destroy alike Thyself and us. Wh
- 32 Needs there persuasion when no choice is granted?To save thyself, thy brother, and a friend, One path presents itself, and canst thou ask If we shall follow it?IPHIGENIA Still let me pause, For such injustice thou couldst not thyself Calmly return for ben
- 33 I have acquainted Arkas with the reasons.THOAS From thee I wish to hear them more at large.IPHIGENIA The G.o.ddess for reflection grants thee time. THOAS To thee this time seems also opportune.IPHIGENIA If to this cruel deed thy heart is steel'd, Tho
- 34 Thy countrymen; no doubt they have renew'd The pleasing picture of return.IPHIGENIA (_after a pause_) Doth man Lay undisputed claim to n.o.ble deeds?Doth he alone to his heroic breast Clasp the impossible? What call we great?What deeds, though oft na
- 35 Do not profane Diana's sanctuary with rage and blood.Command your people to forbear awhile, And listen to the priestess, to the sister.ORESTES Say, who is he that threatens us?IPHIGENIA In him Revere the king, who was my second father. Forgive me, br
- 36 E'en though thy words had banish'd every doubt, And I had curb'd the anger in my breast, Still must our arms decide. I see no peace.Their purpose, as thou didst thyself confess, Was to deprive me of Diana's image.And think ye I will lo
- 37 After the Earth-spirit's rebuff Faust is in despair. He has set all his hope on help from the spirit-world, and the hope has failed. His famulus Wagner, a type of the ardent and contented bookworm, comes in to get instruction on the art of public spe
- 38 A yearning long unfelt, each impulse swaying, To yon calm spirit-realm uplifts my soul; In faltering cadence, as when Zephyr playing, Fans the aeolian harp, my numbers roll; Tear follows tear, my steadfast heart obeying The tender impulse, loses its contr
- 39 Youth, my good friend, you certainly require When foes in battle round are pressing, When a fair maid, her heart on fire, Hangs on your neck with fond caressing, When from afar, the victor's crown, To reach the hard-won goal inciteth; When from the w
- 40 Enough! 'tis granted thee! Divert This mortal spirit from his primal source; Him, canst thou seize, thy power exert And lead him on thy downward course, Then stand abash'd, when thou perforce must own, A good man in his darkest aberration, Of th
- 41 FAUST (_turning aside_) Dreadful shape!SPIRIT With might, Thou hast compell'd me to appear, Long hast been sucking at my sphere, And now-- FAUST Woe's me! I cannot bear thy sight!SPIRIT To see me thou dost breathe thine invocation, My voice to
- 42 But then the world and man, his heart and brain!Touching these things all men would something know.FAUST Ay! what 'mong men as knowledge doth obtain!Who on the child its true name dares bestow? The few who somewhat of these things have known, Who the
- 43 Ring out your chimes believing crowds among, The message well I hear, my faith alone is weak; From faith her darling, miracle, hath sprung.Aloft to yonder spheres I dare not soar, Whence sound the tidings of great joy; And yet, with this sweet strain fami
- 44 No, this new Burgomaster; I like him not, G.o.d knows; No, he's in office; daily more arrogant he grows; And for the town, what doth he do for it?Are not things worse from day to day?To more restraints we must submit; And taxes more than ever pay.BEG
- 45 FAUST I take the cup you kindly reach, Thanks and prosperity to each![_The crowd gather round in a circle_.]OLD PEASANT Ay, truly! 'tis well done, that you Our festive meeting thus attend; You, who in evil days of yore, So often show'd yourself
- 46 Note him! What takest thou the brute to be?WAGNER But for a poodle, whom his instinct serves His master's track to find once more.FAUST Dost mark how round us, with wide spiral curves, He wheels, each circle closer than before? And, if I err not, he
- 47 Captur'd there within is one!Stay without and follow none!Like a fox in iron snare, h.e.l.l's old lynx is quaking there, But take heed'!Hover round, above, below, To and fro, Then from durance is he freed!Can ye aid him, spirits all, Leave
- 48 Yet ever circulates the fresh young blood.It is enough to drive me to despair!As in the earth, in water, and in air, A thousand germs burst forth spontaneously; In moisture, drought, heat, cold, they still appear!Had I not flame selected as my sphere, Not
- 49 Where in their leafy bower Lovers the livelong hour Vow deathless love.Soft bloometh bud and bower!Bloometh the grove!Grapes from the spreading vine Crown the full measure; Fountains of foaming wine Gush from the pressure.Still where the currents wind, Ge
- 50 Accurs'd be mammon, when with treasure He doth to daring deeds incite: Or when to steep the soul in pleasure, He spreads the couch of soft delight!Curs'd be the grape's balsamic juice!Accurs'd love's dream, of joys the first!Accur
- 51 Man, and man's plighted word, are these unknown to thee?Is't not enough, that by the word I gave, My doom for evermore is cast?Doth not the world in all its currents rave, And must a promise hold me fast?Yet fixed is this delusion in our heart;
- 52 I'm in no mood to see him now.MEPHISTOPHELES Poor lad! He must be tired, I trow; He must not go disconsolate.Hand me thy cap and gown; the mask Is for my purpose quite first rate.[_He changes his dress._] Now leave it to my wit! I ask But quarter of
- 53 STUDENT This, Sir, a second time you need not say!Your counsel I appreciate quite; What we possess in black and white We can in peace and comfort bear away.MEPHISTOPHELES A faculty I pray you name. STUDENT For jurisprudence some distaste I own.MEPHISTOPHE
- 54 Whither away? MEPHISTOPHELES Tis thine our course to steer. The little world, and then the great well view. With what delight, what profit too, Thoult revel through thy gay career! FAUST Despite my length of beard I need The easy manners that insure suc
- 55 FROSCH Love-greetings and love-kisses! Thou shalt not hinder me!(_Sings_) Undo the bolt! in stilly night, Undo the bolt! the lover wakes.Shut to the bolt! when morning breaks. SIEBEL Ay, sing, sing on, praise her with all thy might!My turn to laugh will c
- 56 Mark me, Ill screw it from them yet! MEPHISTOPHELES (_to_ FAUST) These fellows would not scent the devil out, Een though he had them by the very throat! FAUST Good-morrow, gentlemen! STEBEL Thanks for your fair salute. [_Aside, glancing at_ MEPHISTOPHEL
- 57 In satin and in velvet, Behold the younker dressed: Bedizend oer with ribbons, A cross upon his breast. Prime minister they made him; He wore a star of state; And all his poor relations Were courtiers, rich and great. The gentlemen and ladies At court wer
- 58 [MEPHISTOPHELES _bores, one of the party has in the meantime prepared the, wax-stoppers and stopped the holes_.] BRANDER What foreign is one always cant decline, Whats good is often scatterd far apart. The French your genuine German hates with all his hea
- 59 Hold! or blows shall rain on you! ALTMAYER (_draws a stopper out of the table; fire springs out against him_) I burn! I burn! SIEBEL Tis sorcery, I vow! Strike home! The fellow is fair game, I trow! [_They draw their knives and attack_ MEPHISTOPHELES.]
- 60 FAUST, MEPHISTOPHELES FAUST This senseless, juggling witchcraft I detest!Dost promise that in this foul nest Of madness I shall be restored?Must I seek counsel from an ancient dame? And can she, by these rites abhorred, Take thirty winters from my frame?W
- 61 [_In the meantime the young_ MONKEYS _have been playing with a large globe, which they roll forward._]THE HE-MONKEY The world behold; Unceasingly roll'd, It riseth and falleth ever; It ringeth like gla.s.s!How brittle, alas!'Tis hollow, and rest
- 62 THE WITCH Ough! ough! ough! ough!Accursed brute! accursed sow!The caldron dost neglect, for shame!Accursed brute to scorch the dame! (_Perceiving_ FAUST _and_ MEPHISTOPHELES._) Whom have we here?Who's sneaking here?Whence are ye come?With what desire
- 63 FAUST (_to_ MEPHISTOPHELES) Tell me, to what doth all this tend?Where will these frantic gestures end?This loathsome cheat, this senseless stuff I've known and hated long enough.MEPHISTOPHELES Mere mummery, a laugh to raise!Pray don't be so fas
- 64 MARGARET I am no lady, am not fair, Can without escort home repair._[She disengages herself and exit._]FAUST By heaven! This girl is fair indeed! No form like hers can I recall.Virtue she hath, and modest heed, Is piquant too, and sharp withal.Her cheek&#
- 65 MEPHISTOPHELES Presents so soon! 'tis well! success is sure!Full many a goodly place I know, And treasures buried long ago; I must a bit o'erlook them now. [_Exit._]EVENING. A SMALL AND NEAT ROOM MARGARET (_braiding and binding up her hair_) I
- 66 [_Exeunt_.]MARGARET (_with a lamp_) Here 'tis so close, so sultry now, [_She opens the window._]Yet out of doors 'tis not so warm. I feel so strange, I know not how-- I wish my mother would come home.Through me there runs a shuddering-- I'm
- 67 The first, methinks, was no great thing. MEPHISTOPHELES Alls to my gentleman childs play! FAUST Plan all things to achieve my end! Engage the attention of her friend! No milk-and-water devil be, And bring fresh jewels instantly! MEPHISTOPHELES Ay, sir!
- 68 After dame Martha Schwerdtlein I inquire! MARTHA Tis I. Pray what have you to say to me? MEPHISTOPHELES (_aside to her_) I know you now,--and therefore will retire; At present youve distinguished company. Pardon the freedom, Madam, with your leave, I wi
- 69 MARGARET Our land doth no such usage know.MEPHISTOPHELES Usage or not, it happens so.MARTHA Go on, I pray!MEPHISTOPHELES I stood by his bedside.Something less foul it was than dung; 'Twas straw half rotten; yet, he as a Christian died.And sorely hat
- 70 MARGARET Farewell! MARTHA But ere you leave us, quickly tell! I from a witness fain had heard, Where, how, and when my husband died and was interrd. To forms Ive always been attached indeed, His death I fain would in the journals read. MEPHISTOPHELES Ay
- 71 And from my heart. MEPHISTOPHELES All good and fair! Then deathless constancy thoult swear; Speak of one all oermastering pa.s.sion-- Will that too issue from the heart? FAUST Forbear! When pa.s.sion sways me, and I seek to frame Fit utterance for feeli
- 72 Yes, small our household is, I own, Yet must I see to it. No maid we keep, And I must cook, sew, knit, and sweep, Still early on my feet and late; My mother is in all things, great and small, So accurate!Not that for thrift there is such pressing need, Th
- 73 FAUST A nosegay may that be? MARGARET No! It is but a game. FAUST How? MARGARET Go, youll laugh at me! [_She plucks off the leaves and murmurs to herself._] FAUST What murmurest thou? MARGARET (_half aloud_) He loves me--loves me not. FAUST Sweet angel,
- 74 Who's there?MEPHISTOPHELES A friend!FAUST A brute! MEPHISTOPHELES 'Tis time to part.MARTHA (_comes_) Ay, it is late, good sir.FAUST Mayn't I attend you, then?MARGARET Oh no--my mother would--adieu, adieu!FAUST And must I really then take le
- 75 What super-earthly ecstasy! at night, To lie in darkness on the dewy height, Embracing heaven and earth in rapture high, The soul dilating to a deity; With prescient yearnings pierce the core of earth, Feel in your laboring breast the six-days' birth
- 76 My bosom aches To feel him near; Ah, could I clasp And fold him here! Kiss him and kiss him Again would I, And on his kisses I fain would die. MARTHAS GARDEN MARGARET _and_ FAUST MARGARET Promise me, Henry! FAUST What I can! MARGARET How thy religion fa
- 77 The man who comes with thee, I hate, Yea, in my spirit's inmost depths abhor; As his loath'd visage, in my life before, Naught to my heart e'er gave a pang so great.FAUST Him fear not, my sweet love!MARGARET His presence chills my blood. To
- 78 What's that to you?MEPHISTOPHELES I've my amus.e.m.e.nt in it too!AT THE WELL MARGARET _and_ BESSY, _with pitchers_ BESSY Of Barbara hast nothing heard?MARGARET I rarely go from home--no, not a word.BESSY 'Tis true: Sybilla told me so toda
- 79 When early in my chamber Shone bright the rising morn, I sat there on my pallet, My heart with anguish torn.Help! from disgrace and death deliver me!Ah! rich in sorrow, thou, Stoop thy maternal brow, And mark with pitying eye my misery!NIGHT. STREET BEFOR
- 80 Why not? VALENTINE That too! MEPHISTOPHELES With ease! VALENTINE The devil fights for you! Why how is this? my hands already lamed! MEPHISTOPHELES (_to_ FAUST) Thrust home! VALENTINE (_falls_) Alas! MEPHISTOPHELES There! Now the lubbers tamed! But quick
- 81 Brother! what agonizing pain! VALENTINE I tell thee, from vain tears abstain! Twas thy dishonor pierced my heart, Thy fall the fatal death-stab gave. Through the death-sleep I now depart To G.o.d, a soldier true and brave. [_Dies._] CATHEDRAL _Service,
- 82 MEPHISTOPHELES A broomstick dost thou not at least desire?The roughest he-goat fain would I bestride, By this road from our goal we're still far wide.FAUST While fresh upon my legs, so long I naught require, Except this knotty staff. Beside, What boo
- 83 Which way didst come?VOICE O'er Ilsenstein!There I peep'd in an owlet's nest.With her broad eye she gazed in mine! VOICE Drive to the devil, thou h.e.l.lish pest!Why ride so hard?VOICE She has graz'd my side, Look at the wounds, how de
- 84 'Twas wisely done, however, to repair On May-night to the Brocken, and when there, By our own choice ourselves to isolate!MEPHISTOPHELES Mark, of those flames the motley glare!A merry club a.s.sembles there.In a small circle one is not alone. FAUST I
- 85 Adam's first wife. Of her rich locks beware!That charm in which she's parallel'd by few, When in its toils a youth she doth ensnare He will not soon escape, I promise you.FAUST There sit a pair, the old one with the young; Already they have
- 86 Gaze not upon her! 'Tis not good! Forbear!'Tis lifeless, magical, a shape of air, An idol. Such to meet with, bodes no good; That rigid look of hers doth freeze man's blood, And well-nigh petrifies his heart to stone:-- The story of Medusa
- 87 No claws, no tail to whisk about, To fright us at our revel; Yet like the G.o.ds of Greece, no doubt, He too's a genuine devil.NORTHERN ARTIST These that I'm hitting off today Are sketches unpretending; Toward Italy without delay, My steps I thi
- 88 The ignis fatuus they track out, And think they're near the treasure.Devil alliterates with doubt, Here I abide with pleasure.LEADER OF THE BAND Frog and cricket in the mosses,-- Confound your gasconading!Nose of fly and gnat's proboscis;-- Most
- 89 MEPHISTOPHELES I will conduct thee. And what I can do,--hear! Have I all power in heaven and upon earth? Ill cloud the senses of the warder,--do thou possess thyself of the keys and lead her forth with human hand! I will keep watch! The magic steeds are w
- 90 Can I endure this bitter agony?MARGARET I now am at thy mercy quite.Let me my babe but suckle once again!I fondled it the live-long night; They took it from me but to give me pain, And now, they say that I my child have slain. Gladness I ne'er again
- 91 Was it not given to thee and me--thee too?'Tis thou thyself! I scarce believe it yet.Give me thy hand! It is no dream! 'Tis true!Thine own dear hand!--But how is this? 'Tis wet!Quick, wipe it off! Meseems that yet There's blood thereon
- 92 Would I had ne'er been born!MEPHISTOPHELES (_appears without_) Up! or you're lost.Vain hesitation! Babbling, quaking!My steeds are s.h.i.+vering, Morn is breaking. MARGARET What from the floor ascendeth like a ghost?'Tis he! 'Tis he! H
- 93 Hear not the unheard; take flight!Into petaled blossoms glide Deeper, deeper, still to bide, In the clefts, 'neath thickets! ye, If it strike you, deaf will be.FAUST Life's pulses reawakened freshly bound, The mild ethereal twilight fain to gree
- 94 Who thwarts what fondly all expect, He bath disturbed a hornet's nest; The empire which they should protect, It lieth plundered and oppress'd.Their furious rage may none restrain; Already half the world's undone; Abroad there still are king
- 95 The sun himself is purest gold; for pay And favor serves the herald, Mercury; Dame Venus hath bewitched you from above, Early and late, she looks on you with love; Chaste Luna's humor varies hour by hour; Mars, though he strike not, threats you with
- 96 CHORUS OF INSECTS We welcome thy coming, Our patron of yore!We're dancing and humming, And know thee once more.Us singly, in silence, Hast planted, and lo!By thousands, oh Father, We dance to and fro. The rogue hides discreetly The bosom within; We l
- 97 If Lethe's murky flood not yet hath pa.s.sed, Old Sir, through your bald pate, that sideways bends, The scholar recognize, who hither wends, Outgrown your academic rods at last.The same I find you, as of yore; But I am now the same no more.MEPHISTOPH
- 98 LABORATORY (_After the fas.h.i.+on of the middle ages; c.u.mbrous, useless apparatus, for fantastic purposes_) WAGNER (_at the furnace_) Soundeth the bell, the fearful clang Thrills through these sooty walls; no more Upon fulfilment waits the pang Of hope
- 99 HOMUNCULUS (_amazed_) Momentous!(_The phial slips from_ WAGNER's _hands, hovers over_ FAUST, _and sheds a light upon him_) Girt with beauty!--Water clear In the thick grove; fair women, who undress; Most lovely creatures!--grows their loveliness: But
- 100 Then will the mighty aim accomplish'd be; Such high reward deserves such striving;--wealth, Honor and glory, lengthen'd life, sound health, Knowledge withal and virtue--possibly.Farewell!WAGNER Farewell! That grieves my heart full sore!I fear in