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Faust - Part 1 by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
CATHEDRAL. Service, Organ, and Anthem.
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CATHEDRAL Service, Organ, and Anthem. MARGARET amongst a number of people. EVIL-SPIRIT behind MARGARET EVIL-SPIRIT How different, Gretchen, was it once with thee, When thou, still full of innocence, Here to the altar camest, And from the small and well-conn'd book Didst lisp thy prayer, Half childish sport, Half God in thy young heart! Gretchen! What thoughts are thine? What deed of shame Lurks in thy sinful heart? Is thy prayer utter'd for thy mother's soul, Who into long, long torment slept through thee? Whose blood is on thy threshold? --And stirs there not already 'neath thy heart Another quick'ning pulse, that even now Tortures itself and thee With its foreboding presence? MARGARET Woe! Woe! Oh could I free me from the thoughts That hither, thither, crowd upon my brain, Against my will! CHORUS Dies irae, dies illa, Solvet saeclum in favilla. (The organ sounds.) EVIL- SPIRIT Grim horror seizes thee! The trumpet sounds! The graves are shaken! And thy heart From ashy rest For torturing flames Anew created, Trembles into life! MARGARET Would I were hence! It is as if the organ Choked my breath, As if the choir Melted my inmost heart! CHORUS Judex ergo cum sedebit, Quidquid 1atet adparcbit1 Nil inultunt remanebit. MARGARET I feel oppressed! The pillars of the wall Imprison me! The vaulted roof Weighs down upon me I--air! EVIL-SPIRIT Wouldst hide thee? sin and shame Remain not hidden I Air! light! Woe's thee! CHORUS Quid sum miser tunc dicturus? Quem patronum rogaturus! Cum vix justus sit securus. EVIL-SPIRIT The glorified their faces turn Away from thee! Shudder the pure to reach Their hands to thee! Woe! CHORUS Quid sum miser tunc dicturus-- MARGARET Neighbour! your smelling bottle! (She swoons away.) Content of CATHEDRAL. Service, Organ, and Anthem. [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's play/drama: Faust Part 1] Read next: WALPURGIS-NIGHT. THE HARTZ MOUNTAINS. DISTRICT OF SCHIERKE AND ELEND Read previous: NIGHT. STREET BEFORE MARGARET'S DOOR. Table of content of Faust - Part 1 GO TO TOP OF SCREEN Post your review Your review will be placed after the table of content of this book

Faust - Part 1 by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

CATHEDRAL. Service, Organ, and Anthem.