full length · drama
Faust: A Lyric Drama in Five Acts
Royalty-free Public domain — free to read, perform, and adapt. No licence needed.
Characters
| Ii | lead | 10 speeches |
| Scène Ii | supporting | 5 speeches |
| Faust | supporting | 3 speeches |
| Scène Première | supporting | 3 speeches |
| Scène Iii | supporting | 3 speeches |
| Scène V | supporting | 3 speeches |
| Boston | supporting | 3 speeches |
| Scène Iv | supporting | 2 speeches |
| Chicago | supporting | 2 speeches |
Read the play
Faust. _Faust._ (alone). What new emotion penetrates my soul! Love, a pure and holy love, pervades my being. O Marguerite, behold me at thy feet! All hail, thou dwelling pure and lowly, Home of an angel fair and holy, All mortal beauty excelling! What wealth is here, a wealth outbidding gold, Of peace, and love, and innocence untold! Bounteous Nature! 'twas here by day thy love was taught her, Thou here with kindly care didst o'er-shadow thy daughter Through hours of night! Here waving tree and flower Made her an Eden bower Of beauty and delight, For one whose very birth Brought down heaven to our earth. All hail, thou dwelling pure and lowly, Home of an angel fair and holy.
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