Faust: The First Part · 1808
A Garden-Arbor
Translated by Bayard Taylor (1870)
MARGARET comes in, conceals herself behind the door, puts her
finger to her lips, and peeps through the crack.
MARGARET
He comes!
FAUST, entering
Ah, rogue! a tease thou art:
I have thee!
(He kisses her.)
MARGARET
(clasping him, and returning the kiss)
Dearest man! I love thee from my heart.
MEPHISTOPHELES knocks
FAUST, stamping his foot
Who’s there?
MEPHISTOPHELES
A friend!
FAUST
A beast!
MEPHISTOPHELES
Tis time to separate.
MARTHA, coming
Yes, Sir, ’tis late.
FAUST
May I not, then, upon you wait?
MARGARET
My mother would—farewell!
FAUST
Ah, can I not remain?
Farewell!
MARTHA
Adieu!
MARGARET
And soon to meet again!
[Exeunt FAUST and MEPHISTOPHELES.]
MARGARET
Dear God! However is it, such
A man can think and know so much?
I stand ashamed and in amaze,
And answer “Yes” to all he says,
A poor, unknowing child! and he—
I can’t think what he finds in me! Exit.
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MLA
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. Faust: The First Part, A Garden-Arbor. Translated by Bayard Taylor. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/work/faust-part-1-taylor/15/.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. Faust: The First Part, A Garden-Arbor. Translated by Bayard Taylor. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/work/faust-part-1-taylor/15/.