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

  • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.
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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    Margaret. And where to go? Faust. To liberty! Margaret. The grave is there, death lowers! Come, Th’ eternal couch is my last home. Henry, dost leave me? Could I go? Faust. Thou can’st, if thou would’st but think so. The door is open. Margaret. Not for me! What hope have I, e’en should I flee ? They lay wait for me. What to do? Turn beggar with bad conscience too? Seek foreign countries in despair? ’Tis sad! besides, they’ll find me there! Faust. I’ll quit thee not. Margaret. Quick! quick! save thy child! Go straight along the path by the river side, and follow the foot path through the wood till you come to the plank hy the side of the pond. Seize it! seize its hand! It struggles still! O save it! save it!