Faust: A Dramatic Poem, Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1856 - 322 pages |
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Page 71
... mother night . But he succeeds not ; since , strive as he will , he cleaves , as if bound , to bodies , he streams from bodies , he gives beauty to bodies , a body stops him in his course , and so , I hope , he will perish with bodies ...
... mother night . But he succeeds not ; since , strive as he will , he cleaves , as if bound , to bodies , he streams from bodies , he gives beauty to bodies , a body stops him in his course , and so , I hope , he will perish with bodies ...
Page 87
... Interest yourself for me , I pray you . I come with every good disposition , a little money , and youthful spirits ; my mother could hardly be brought to part with me , but I would fain learn something worth learning FAUST . 87.
... Interest yourself for me , I pray you . I come with every good disposition , a little money , and youthful spirits ; my mother could hardly be brought to part with me , but I would fain learn something worth learning FAUST . 87.
Page 88
... mother's breast , but soon finds a pleasure in nourishing itself . Just so will you daily experience a greater pleasure at the breasts of wisdom . STUDENT . I shall hang delightedly upon her neck ; do but tell me how I am to attain it ...
... mother's breast , but soon finds a pleasure in nourishing itself . Just so will you daily experience a greater pleasure at the breasts of wisdom . STUDENT . I shall hang delightedly upon her neck ; do but tell me how I am to attain it ...
Page 126
... mother which bids thee spread the neat cloth upon the table , and curl the sand upon the floor . Dear hand ! so godlike ; you make the hut a heaven ; and here ( He lifts up a bed - curtain . ) ― what blissful tremor seizes me ! Here ...
... mother which bids thee spread the neat cloth upon the table , and curl the sand upon the floor . Dear hand ! so godlike ; you make the hut a heaven ; and here ( He lifts up a bed - curtain . ) ― what blissful tremor seizes me ! Here ...
Page 127
... mother would come home . I tremble all over ; but I am a silly , timid ( She begins to sing as she undresses herself . ) woman . SONG . There was a king in Thule , 106 faithful even to the grave , to whom his dying mistress gave a ...
... mother would come home . I tremble all over ; but I am a silly , timid ( She begins to sing as she undresses herself . ) woman . SONG . There was a king in Thule , 106 faithful even to the grave , to whom his dying mistress gave a ...
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Page 280 - Her lips were red, her looks were free, Her locks were yellow as gold : Her skin was as white as leprosy, The Night-mare Life-in-Death was she, Who thicks man's blood with cold. The naked hulk alongside came, And the twain were casting dice; 'The game is done! I've won, I've won!
Page 13 - The intelligible forms of ancient poets, The fair humanities of old religion, The power, the beauty, and the majesty, That had their haunts in dale or piny mountain, Or forest, by slow stream or pebbly spring, Or chasms, and watery depths ; all these have vanished ; They live no longer in the faith of reason...
Page 242 - What soul was his, when, from the naked top Of some bold headland, he beheld the sun Rise up, and bathe the world in light...
Page 227 - If we say that we have no sin we deceive ourselves, and there's no truth in us. Why, then, belike we must sin, and so consequently die. Ay, we must die an everlasting death. What doctrine call you this, Che sera sera, What will be, shall be?
Page 234 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up...
Page 234 - And what if all of animated nature Be but organic harps diversely framed, That tremble into thought, as o'er them sweeps Plastic and vast, one intellectual breeze, At once the Soul of each, and God of all?
Page 276 - Coffins stood round, like open presses; That shaw'd the dead in their last dresses; And by some devilish...
Page 267 - O surer than suspicion's hundred eyes Is that fine sense, which to the pure in heart, By mere oppugnancy of their own goodness, Reveals the approach of evil.
Page 243 - The imperfect offices of prayer and praise, His mind was a thanksgiving to the power That made him; it was blessedness and love!
Page 221 - Ring out, ye crystal spheres, Once bless our human ears, If ye have power to touch our senses so, And let your silver chime Move in melodious time ; And let the base of Heaven's deep organ blow ; And, with your ninefold harmony, Make up full consort to the angelic symphony.