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100 FAUST<br />

Whatever is too good, too fair,<br />

Too high to be conceived by them,<br />

And is 't that like those wretched carles,<br />

This dog, at what he un<strong>de</strong>rstands not, snarls ?<br />

These withering thoughts, do what I will,<br />

They come-the fountain of the heart is chill.<br />

-How oft have I experienced change like this !<br />

Yet is it not unblest in the event;<br />

For, seeking to supply the natural <strong>de</strong>arth.<br />

We learn to prize things loftier than the earth,<br />

And the heart seeks support and light from heaven.<br />

And such support and light-oh, is it given<br />

Anywhere but in the New Testament?<br />

Strong impulse sways me now to look to the text<br />

On which all rests, and honestly translate<br />

The holy original into mine own<br />

Dear native tongue.<br />

[H e opens a volume and prepares to write.<br />

-'Tis written-' L" TIm BEGIN:l

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