Goethe's Faust / translated into English verse by Sir George Lefevre.

  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Date:
1843
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Goethe's Faust / translated into English verse by Sir George Lefevre. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    Then quickly hrew at our desire,— To-day’s idea is lost to-morrow. In douht, uncertain, lose no day, To resolution safely trust; Once form’d, she ne’er will run away, But act more holdly, for she must. You know upon our German boards Each is allow’d to try what’s new. Spare nought that pantomime affords, Of decorations not a few; Let sun and moon their brightnes pour; Sprinkle the twinkling stars a ound ; Of fire, Avater, rocks we’ve store, And beasts and birds are to be found. Transport into this narrow space Creation’s whole, as by a spell, And stalk, Avitli calculated pace, From heaven, through the world, to hell.
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