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   Fain they would allure thee hence: For within this lonely cell; Stagnate sap of
   life and sense。

   Forbear to trifle longer with thy grief; Which; vulture … like; consumes thee in
   this den。 The worst society is some relief; Making thee feel thyself a man with
   men。 Nathless; it is not meant; I trow; To thrust thee 'mid the vulgar throng。 I
   to the upper ranks do not belong; Yet if; by me companion'd; thou Thy steps
   through life forthwith wilt take; Upon the spot myself I'll make Thy comrade;
   Should it suit thy need; I am thy servant; am thy slave indeed!

   Faust

   And how must I thy services repay?

   Mephistopheles

   Thereto thou lengthen'd repite hast!

   Faust

   No! No! The devil is an egoist I know: And; for Heaven's sake; 'tis not his
   way Kindness to any one to show。 Let the condition plainly be exprest! Such
   a domestic is a dangerous guest。

     Mephistopheles

   I'll pledge myself to be thy servant here; Still at thy back alert and prompt to
   be; But when together yonder we appear; Then shalt thou do the same for
   me。

   Faust

   But small concern I feel for yonder world; Hast thou this system into ruin
   hurl'd; Another may arise the void to fill。 This earth the fountain whence my
   pleasures flow; This sun doth daily shine upon my woe; And if this world I
   must forego; Let happen then; … what can and will。 I to this theme will close
   mine ears; If men hereafter hate and love; And if there be in yonder spheres A
   depth below or height above。

   Mephistopheles

   In this mood thou mayst venture it。 But make The compact! I at once will
   undertake To charm thee with mine arts。 I'll give thee more Than mortal eye
   hath e'er beheld before。

   Faust

   What; sorry Devil; hast thou to bestow? Was ever mortal spirit; in its high
   endeavour; Fathom'd by Being such as thou? Yet food thou hast which
   satisfieth never; Hast ruddy gold; that still doth flow Like restless quicksilver
   away; A game thou hast; at which none win who play; A girl who would; with
   amorous eyen; E'en from my breast; a neighbour snare; Lofty ambition's joy
   divine; That; meteor … like; dissolves in air。 Show me the fruit that; ere 'tis
   pluck'd; doth rot; And trees; whose verdure daily buds anew!

   Mephistopheles

   Such a commission scares me not; I can provide such treasures; it is true; But;
   my good friend; a season will come round; When on what's good we may
   regale in peace。

   Faust

   If e'er upon my couch; stretched at my ease; I'm found; Then may my life that
   instant cease! Me canst thou cheat with glozing wile Till self … reproach away I
   cast; Me with joy's lure canst thou beguile; Let that day be for me the last! Be
   this our wager!

   Mephistopheles

     Settled!

   Faust

   Sure and fast! When to the moment I shall say; 〃Linger awhile! so fair thou
   art!〃 Then mayst thou fetter me straightway; Then to the abyss will I depart!
   Then may the solemn death … bell sound; Then from thy service thou art free;
   The index then may cease its round。 And time be never more for me!

   Mephistopheles

   I shall remember: pause; ere 'tis too late。

   Faust

   Thereto a perfect right hast thou。 My strength I do not rashly overrate。 Slave
   am I here; at any rate; If thine; or whose; it matters not; I trow。

   Mephistopheles

   At thine inaugural feast I will this day Attend; my duties to commence。 But
   one thing! … Accidents may happen; hence A line or two in writing grant; I
   pray。

   Faust

   A writing; Pedant! dost demand from me? Man; and man's plighted word; are
   these unknown to thee? Is't not enough; that by the word I gave; My doom
   for evermore is cast? Doth not the world in all its currents rave; And must a
   promise hold me fast? Yet fixed is this delusion in our heart; Who; of his own
   free will; therefrom would part? How blest within whose breast truth reigneth
   pure! No sacrifice will he repent when made! A formal deed; with seal and
   signature; A spectre this from which all shrink afraid。 The word its life
   resigneth in the pen; Leather and wax usurp the mastery then。 Spirits of evil!
   what dost thou require? Brass; marble; parchment; paper; dost desire? Shall I
   with chisel; pen; or graver write? Thy choice is free; to me 'tis all the same。

   Mephistopheles

   Wherefore thy passion so excite And thus thine eloquence inflame? A scrap is
   for our compact good。 Thou under … signest merely with a drop of blood。

     Faust

   If this will satisfy thy mind; Thy whim I'll gratify; howe'er absurd。

   Mephistopheles

   Blood is a juice of very special kind。

   Faust

   Be not afraid that I shall break my word! The scope of all my energy Is in
   exact accordance with my vow。 Vainly I have aspired too high; I'm on a level
   but with such as thou; Me the great spirit scorn'd; defied; Nature from me
   herself doth hide; Rent is the web of thought; my mind Doth knowledge loathe
   of every kind。 In depths of sensual pleasure drown'd; Let us our fiery passions
   still! Enwrapp'd in magic's veil profound; Let wondrous charms our senses
   thrill! Plunge we in time's tempestuous flow; Stem we the rolling surge of
   chance! There may alternate weal and woe; Success and failure; as they can;
   Mingle and shift in changeful dance! Excitement is the sphere for man。

   Mephistopheles

   Nor goal; nor measure is prescrib'd to you; If you desire to taste of every
   thing; To snatch at joy while on the wing; May your career amuse and profit
   too! Only fall to and don't be over coy!

   Faust

   Hearken! The end I aim at is not joy; I crave excitement; agonizing bliss;
   Enamour'd hatred; quickening vexation。 Purg'd from the love of knowledge;
   my vocation; The scope of all my powers henceforth be this; To bare my
   breast to every pang; … to know In my heart's core all human weal and woe;
   To grasp in thought the lofty and the deep; Men's various fortunes on my
   breast to heap; And thus to theirs dilate my individual mind; And share at
   length with them the shipwreck of mankind。

   Mephistopheles

   Oh; credit me; who still as ages roll; Have chew'd this bitter fare from year to
   year; No mortal; from the cradle to the bier; Digests the ancient leaven!
   Know; this Whole Doth for the Deity alone subsist! He in eternal brightness
   doth exist; Us unto darkness he hath brought; and here Where day and night
   alternate; is your sphere。

   Faust

     But 'tis my will!

   Mephistopheles

   Well spoken; I admit! But one thing puzzles me; my friend; Time's short; art
   long; methinks 'twere fit That you to friendly counsel should attend。 A poet
   choose as your ally! Let him thought's wide dominion sweep; Each good and
   noble quality; Upon your honoured brow to heap; The lion's magnanimity;
   The fleetness of the hind; The fiery blood of Italy; The Northern's steadfast
   mind。 Let him to you the mystery show To blend high aims and cunning low;
   And while youth's passions are aflame To fall in love by rule and plan! I fain
   would meet with such a man; Would him Sir Microcosmus name。

   Faust

   What then am I; if I aspire in vain The crown of our humanity to gain;
   Towards which my every sense doth strain?

   Mephistopheles

   Thou'rt after all … just what thou art。 Put on thy head a wig with countless
   locks; And to a cubit's height upraise thy socks; Still thou remainest ever;
   what thou art。

   Faust

   I fell it; I have heap'd upon my brain The gather'd treasure of man's thought in
   vain; And when at length from studious toil I rest; No power; new … born;
   springs up within my breast; A hair's breadth is not added to my height; I am
   no nearer to the infinite。

   Mephistopheles

   Good sir; these things you view indeed; Just as by other men they're view'd;
   We must more cleverly proceed; Before life's joys our grasp elude。 The devil!
   thou hast hands and feet; And head and heart are also thine; What I enjoy
   with relish sweet; Is it on that account less mine? If for six stallions I can pay;
   Do I not own their strength and speed? A proper man I dash away; As their
   two dozen legs were mine indeed。 Up then; from idle pondering free; And
   forth into the world with me! I tell you what; … your speculative churl Is like a
   beast which some ill spirit leads; On barren wilderness; in ceaseless whirl;
   While all around lie fair and verdant meads。

   Faust

   But how shall we begin?

     Mephistopheles

   We will go hence with speed; A place of torment this indeed! A precious life;
   thyself to bore; And some few youngster evermore! Leave that to neighbour
   Paunch! … withdraw; Why wilt thou plague thyself with thrashing straw? The
   very best that thou dost know Thou dar'st not to the striplings show。 One in
   the passage now doth wait!

   Faust

   I'm in no mood to see him now。

   Mephistopheles

   Poor lad! He must be tired; I trow; He must not go disconsolate。 Hand me
   thy cap and gown; the mask Is for my purpose quite first rate。 (He changes
   his dress。) Now leave it to my wit! I ask But quarter of an hour; meanwhile
   equip; And make all ready for our pleasant trip!

   (Exit Faust。)

     Mephistopheles And A Student

   Mephistopheles (in Faust's long gown)

   Mortal! the loftiest attributes of men; Reason and Knowledge; only thus
   contemn; Still let the Prince of lies; without control; With shows; and mocking
   charms delude thy soul; I have thee unconditionally then! Fate hath endow'd
   him with an ardent mind; Which unrestrain'd still presses on for ever; And
   whose precipitate endeavour Earth's joys o'erleaping; leaveth them behind。
   Him will I drag through life's wild waste; Through scenes of vapid dulness;
   where at last Bewilder'd; he shall falter; and stick fast; And; still to mock his
   greedy haste; Viands and drink shall float his craving lips beyond Vainly he'll
   seek refreshment; anguish … tost; And were he not the devil's by his bond; Yet
   must his soul infallibly be lost!

   A Student ent

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