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more unholy loathsomeness� �Its heavy eyes are dim and bleared with
blood�察�Its jaws�察�by strong convulsions fiercely worked�察�Are clogged and
clotted with mixed gore and foam� �A nauseous stench its filthy shape
exhales�察 �And through its heaving bosom you may mark The constant
preying of a quenchless flame That gnaws its heartstrings� �while a harsh
quick moan Of mingled wrath�察 �and madness�察 �and despair�察 �Perpetually
issues from its lips�察 �And with unequal but unceasing steps�察 �It chases
through the hot�察�sulphureous gloom�察�A mocking phantom��fair as it is foul� �
With naked arms�察�white breast�察�and ebon locks�察�And big black eyes that
dart the humid flame Which sets the heart ablaze�察�and red moist lips�察�And
checks as spotless as the falling flake Ere it has touched the earth�察 �and
supple form Wherein is knit each grace of womanhood In its perfection� �
and with wanton looks That speak the burning language of desire�察�It seems
to woo its loathsome follower�察�Yet ever from his foul embraces flies。 And
on his brow his name is written�察 �Lust� ─ �Dismiss the spectre�察 �for it
blasts my sight�察�And sears my brain with its dark hideousness� �
Spirit。
'Tis gone�察�look up and see what next appears。
Werner。
A frame which may be that of Hercules�察�It hath such giant members� �
and its port Is martial as e'er marked a Caesar's moving。 Its sandals are of
brass�察 �its massive brow Is helmeted in steel�察 �and in its hand It bears a
sword with which�察�in idle strokes�察�It vainly beats the unresisting air�察�As if
in battle with some phantom foe�察 �And at each blow it deals�察 �a strong
fatality Turns back its sword's keen point on its own breast�察�Which deep it
gashes��then in mournful tone�察�It mutters o'er and o'er again these words�察�
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´ ;I fought for fame and won unending wo。; His agonies seem like himself�察�
immortal。
Spirit。
Justice is blameless of his sufferings�此 �For many years his busy�察�
plotting brain�察�Made discord out of union�察�strife from peace�察�And set the
nations warring till the earth Was crimson with the blood poured out for
him� �He bears what he inflicted��let him pass And mark what follows
him。
Werner。
A goodly shape�察�More fit to string and strike Apollo's lyre�察�Than bear
the shield or wield the sword of Mars� �A broken harp�察 �suspended at his
side�察�A faded garland�察�wreathed about his brow�察�Tell what he was�察�and still
employ his care。 With thin white hand�察�that trembles at its task�察�In vain he
strives to bind the broken chords�察 �And to their primal melody attune
them�察 �In vain��for to his efforts still replies A boding strain of harsh�察�
discordant sound。 And then�察�with hot tears coursing down his cheeks�察�He
lifts his faded wreath from his pale brow�察 �And gazing on its withered
leaves�察�exclaims�察 �For earthly fame I sung the songs of earth�察�Forgetful
of all higher�察 �holier themes�察 �'Tis meet the meed I won should perish
thus。; Is not the justice which confines him here Akin to cruelty�拭�for his
sad heart Seems�察�as his earthly strains were�察�full of softness。
Spirit。
Each thought�察 �and word�察 �and deed of mortal man�察 �Is but a moral
seed�察 �which�察 �in due season�察 �Must bring forth fruit according to its kind。
The soil wherein those seeds are sown is Time�察�
Death is the reaper of the ripened harvest�察�The fruits are garnered in
Eternity�察�To be�察�or good or bad�察�the spirit's food� �If then our thoughts�察�and
words�察 �and deeds have been Of corrupt tendency�察 �or evil nature�察�What
marvel if we feed on bitterness�拭�What shadow next appears�拭�
Werner。
An aged man�察�Lean´framed and haggard´visaged�察�bowed beneath The
weight of years�察�or worldly cares that press Still heavier than the iron hand
of time。 His tottering form is fearful to behold� �If the fierce scourge which
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men on earth call famine�察�Could incarnate itself�察�methinks 'twould choose
Just such a shape�察�so worn and grim and gaunt�察�And wo´begone of aspect。
Groping round He gathers from the burning floor of hell Some shining
pebbles�察 �which his fond conceit Transmutes to gold�察 �and these with
constant care He watches�察�counting and recounting them�察�Till suddenly a
whirlwind�察 �sweeping by�察 �Bears with it all his fancied hoards away�察�
Leaving him to renew his bootless task�察�Which ever he renews with this
complaint�察 �Alas� �how speedily may wealth take wing。; And on his front
his name is written�察 �Avarice。;
Spirit。
There yet is�察 �in this shadowy land of shades�察 �One form which I
would have thee look upon。 Behold it cometh� �mark and scan it well。
Werner。
Never before in all my wanderings Through earth�察�or other regions�察�
where abide Things now no more of earth�察 �have I beheld Aught so
profoundly mournful or so lone� �So dark a cloud o'erhangs his haggard
brow�察�That where he turns a dunner�察�murkier gloom Prevails along hell's
blasting atmosphere� �Surrounded by some goodly forms he moves�察�
Forms bright as his is dark�察�who each in turn Woo his acceptance of the
gifts they proffer。 Love stretches out his dimpled band�察�wherein He holds
his emblematic rose�察�and Hope�察�Bright Hope�察�that might renew again the
pulse Of life within the frozen veins of Death� �Beckons him to the future�察�
´and calm Faith Kindles beneath his eye her beacon blaze�察�Yet�察�with such
anguish as hell only holds�察�He turns him from all these�察�and will not take
Love's proffered rose�察 �lest 'neath its blushing leaves Should lurk the
stinging thorn of sly deceit。
Hope's smile to him is disappointment's signal�察 �And the bright
beacon Faith so kindly lights To guide us o'er the treacherous sea of life�察�
To him is but a cheat�察 �a mockery�察 �An ignis fatuus�察 �kindled to mislead。
And yet he seems as one who in his life Had nursed bright dreams�察�and
cherished lofty aims�察�Had dreamed of love�察�or wooed Ambition's smiles�察�
Or to the sway of empires had aspired�察�Or�察�higher still�察�the sway of human
hearts� �Why gazest thou on me and not on him�拭�
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Spirit。
To mark if in thine aspect I might not Detect a consciousness that I
thy own soul Claimed brotherhood with his� �Thou too hast scoffed At
human love�察 �and hope�察 �and faith�察 �and truth�察 �Nursing within thy bosom
pride�察�and scorn�察�And rankling hate�察�I till these at length became Fiends
which thou could'st not master� �Thou art warned�察 �Be wise and heed the
warning。 Let us now Return unto thy far off�察 �native orb�察 �O'er which the
rosy smile of morn is breaking�察 �Waking its teeming millions to renew
Their daily rounds of toil and strife and crime。
��Exeunt。
ACT IV。
Scene I。 A peak of the Alps。 Werner alone。 Time�察�morning。
Werner。
How gloriously beautiful is earth� �In these her quiet�察�unfrequented
haunts�察�To which�察�except the timid chamois' foot�察�Or venturous hunter's�察�or
the eagle's wing�察�Naught from beneath ascends。 As yet the sun But darts
his earliest rays of golden light Upon the summits of the tallest peaks�察�
Which robed in clouds and capped with glittering ice�察 �Soar proudly up�察�
and beam and blaze aloft�察�As if they would claim kindred with the stars� �
And they may claim such kindred�察�for there is Within�察�around�察�and over
them�察 �the same Supreme�察 �eternal�察 �all´creating spirit Which glows and
burns in every beaming orb That circles in immeasurable space� �Far as
the eye can trace the mountain's crest On either hand�察�a gorgeous�察�varied
mass Of glowing�察 �cloud´formed ranges are at rest�察 �Reflecting back in
every hue and tint�察�
Purple and crimson�察 �orange and bright gold�察 �The sunny smile with
which Morn hails the world。 Beneath me all is quiet yet and calm�察�For
the dim shadow of the silent night Still rests upon the valley�察�still the flock
Sleeps undisturbed within the guarded fold�察�The lark yet slumbers in her
lowly nest�察�The dew hangs heavy upon leaf and blade�察�The gray mist still
o'erveils the unruffled lake�察 �And all is tranquil as an infant's sleep�察�
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Tranquil around me�察�but not so within�察�For in my breast a thousand restless
thoughts Conflict in wild�察�chaotical confusion。 Thoughts of long bygone
years�察 �and things that were But are no more�察 �and thoughts that sternly
strive To grapple with the mysteries I late Have looked upon�察�for I�察�since
yesternight�察�Have traversed the wide sea of space that rolls Between the
shores of this and other worlds�察 �Have gazed upon and scanned those
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