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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    BHANDER. ’Twixt thumb and finger crack them clever. ALT MAYER. Sing wine and liberty for ever. Mephistopheles. I ’d drink a glass to freedom’s cause, If but your liquor better was. Siebel. What! let us not hear that again ! Mephistopheles. I fear the landlord might complain, Or, otherwise, I ’d let each guest Of our own cellar taste the best. Siebel. O! as for that, I’ll bear the blame. Frosch. If the wine ’s good, we ’ll praise your name. Let not the sample be o’er small, For I must have my gullet full When I pass judgment on the wine. Altmayer Cto himself). ’Tis certain they are from the Rhine. Mephistopheles. Give me an awl. Brander. For what to bore? There are no casks before the door.