Beware of her one charm, those lovely tresses,
In which she shines preeminently fair.
In which she shines preeminently fair.
Faust, a Tragedy by Goethe
_Faust_. To keep my wits I must endeavor!
Call this a fair! I swear, I never--!
_Mephistopheles_. Upward the billowy mass is moving;
You're shoved along and think, meanwhile, you're shoving.
_Faust_. What woman's that?
_Mephistopheles_. Mark her attentively.
That's Lilith. [37]
_Faust_. Who?
_Mephistopbeles_. Adam's first wife is she.
Beware of her one charm, those lovely tresses,
In which she shines preeminently fair.
When those soft meshes once a young man snare,
How hard 'twill be to escape he little guesses.
_Faust_. There sit an old one and a young together;
They've skipped it well along the heather!
_Mephistopheles_. No rest from that till night is through.
Another dance is up; come on! let us fall to.
_Faust_ [_dancing with the young one_]. A lovely dream once came to me;
In it I saw an apple-tree;
Two beauteous apples beckoned there,
I climbed to pluck the fruit so fair.
_The Fair one_. Apples you greatly seem to prize,
And did so even in Paradise.
I feel myself delighted much
That in my garden I have such.
_Mephistopheles_ [_with the old hag_]. A dismal dream once came to me;
In it I saw a cloven tree,
It had a ------ but still,
I looked on it with right good-will.
_The Hog_.
