1. The Problem of Faust

GA 273/1916-09-30/p038 ·1916-09-30 · English MediumMedium alignmentSome paragraph re-numbering between this translation and the German original — the locus may slip by a paragraph or two.
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> “Who can name Him? > Who thus proclaim Him: > I believe Him? > Who hath that feeling, > His bosom steeling, > Can say: I believe Him not? > The All-embracing, > The All-sustaining, > Clasps and sustains He not > Thee, me, Himself? > Springs not the vault of Heaven above us? > Lieth not Earth firm—’stablished ’neath our feet? > And with a cheerful twinkling > Climb not eternal stars the sky? > Eye into eye gaze I not upon thee? > And floats in endless mystery > Invisible visible around thee? ...

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