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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ...of your heart? Will it suffice In place of that bright paradise you dreamed Might be your gain as loser? Ah, my friend, In copper you have won, but lost in gold And victory will not requite for that Your empty treasury. FAUST Not empty quite; You are too modest. SATAN Oh, if you choose, my pledge Shall be fulfilled, and I will be your dog--Snarling a little, sometimes--snapping at Your friends and furniture and lady-loves--But yet your dog. However, I can do Better for you than that.... FAUST Enough Enough SATAN But hear me You 'll admit, a feather's weight, A hair's breadth only held you from the gates That Oldham entered. Almost they sufficed Your spirit; yes, a moth's wing could have blown You toward them 'T was so nearly I fulfilled All that I promised. Therefore when I speak, You will, for justice's sake, concede I am No absolute bungler, no coarse-palated Plebeian, as to paradises. FAUST No. I will admit that. SATAN Good Now, I would make One final offer to you. Faust, I know In other regions, beneath other skies, One haven more, the only one of earth That can be judged in glory to surpass This paradise you entered not. My faith Is absolute that it is to your need Utterly moulded. Like your heart itself, Its halls are structured, destinate for you As perfect refuge. And I say to you: Give me the leave, and I will lead you there For one supreme and ultimate trial of choice That has no doubtful outcome. And my pledge Shall still be valid If this refuge gives Not all that you desire, you still may claim My service as your slave. Thus do you risk No atom, but have gain of one last chance To win the paradise you hunger for FAUST A pleasing logic; but I do not trust The mind behind it. SATAN Trust it, or distrust--What...
| ISBN-13 | 9781458851291 |
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| ISBN-10 | 145885129X |
| Weight | 0.28 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.18 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 76 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2009-12-01 |
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