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    "name": "Faust I (1808)"
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    "num": 21,
    "slug": "21-scene-18-donjon",
    "title": "Scene XVIII — Donjon (Margaret's Prayer)",
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    "text": "(In a niche of the wall a shrine, with an image of the Mater\nDolorosa. Pots of flowers before it.)\n\nMarGarRET\n(putting fresh flowers in the pots).\nNCLINE, O Maiden,\n\nThou sorrow-laden,\n\nThy gracious countenance upon my pain!\n\nThe sword Thy heart in,\nWith anguish smarting,\nThou lookest up to where Thy Son is slain!\n\nThou seest the Father ;\nThy sad sighs gather,\nAnd bear aloft Thy sorrow and His pain!\n\nAh, past guessing,\nBeyond expressing,\n\nFaust.\n\nThe pangs that wring my flesh and bone!\nWhy this anxious heart so burneth,\n\nWhy it trembleth, why it yearneth,\nKnowest Thou, and Thou alone!\n\nWhere'er I go, what sorrow,\nWhat woe, what woe and sorrow\nWithin my bosom aches!\n\nAlone, and ah! unsleeping,\n\nI'm weeping, weeping, weeping,\n\nThe heart within me breaks.\n\nThe pots before my window,\nAlas! my tears did wet,\nAs in the early morning\n\nFor thee these flowers I set.\n\nWithin my lonely chamber\nThe morning sun shone red:\nI sat, in utter sorrow,\n\nAlready on my bed.\n\nHelp! rescue me from death and stain!\nO Maiden !\nThou sorrow-laden,\n\nIncline Thy countenance upon my pain!\n\nScene XIX.\n\nXIX.\n\nNIGHT.",
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