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124 FAUST
The breast; but soon, with eager thirst,
And pressure of delighted lips,
Clings to the mother's heart, that gives
The living food on which he lives;
Thus thou, each day more deeply blest,
Wilt drink from Wisdom's nursing breast.
STUDENT. Oh, to my heart shall she be strained
With love I-but how is she obtained?
MEPmSTOPHELES. First, let me beg, that you will
mention
What line of life is your intention 7
STUDENT. Oh, I long ardently to know
Whatever man may learn below,
All that we contemplate on earth,
And all that in the heaven hath birth,
To roam through learning's wondrous maze,
And comprehend all nature's ways.
HEPmSTOPHELES.
Right; but by prudence still be
guided,
Guard most, tha.t thought and mind be not
Much dissipated and divided.
STUDENT. With soul and strength will I apply,
But now and then could seize \lith pleasure
A few short hours of idle leisure.
A little thoughtless liberty;
A pleasant summer holiday,
When skies are bright, and fields are gay.
MEPmSTOPHELES.
Make good use of your time, for
fast
Time flies, and is for ever past;
To make time for yourself begin
By order-method-discipline;
For this I counsel my young friend
A course of logic to attend;
Thus will your mind, well-trained, and high,
In Spanish boots stalk pompously!
With solemn look, and crippled pace,
The beaten road of thought will trace:
Nor here and there, through paths obHque,
In devious wanderings idly strike;
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