I  will  convey  thee  there ;  and  hear,  what  I  can  do !
Have  I  all  the  power  in  Heaven  and  on  Earth  ?  I  will
becloud  the  jailer's  senses :  get  possession  of  the  key,
and  lead  her  forth  with  human  hand !  I  will  keep
watch :  the  magic  steeds  are  ready,  I  will  carry  you  off.
So  much  is  in  my  power.
FAUST.
.    Up  and  away !


206  FAUST.
XXIV.
NIGHT.
Open  Field. '?=

(Faust  aitd   Mephistopheles  speeding  onward  on  black
horses.)

FAUST.
"V  T  7"HAT  weave  they  there  round  the  raven-stone  .■'

MEPHISTOPHELES.
I  know  not  what  they  are  brewing  and  doing.
FAUST.
Soaring  up,  sweeping  down,  bowing  and  bending !

MEPHISTOPHELES.
A  witches'-guild.
FAUST.
They  scatter,  devote  and  doom !

MEPHISTOPHELES.
On!  on!


SCENE  XXV.
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XXV,

DUNGEON.
FAUST
^^th  a  hunch  of  keys  and  a  lamp^  before  an  iron  door).
SHUDDER,  long  unfelt,  comes  o'er  me ;


Mankind's  collected  woe  o'erwhelms  me,  here.     \
She  dwells  within  the  dark,  damp  walls  before  me.
And  all  her  crime  was  a  delusion  dear !
What !     I  delay  to  free  her  ?
I  dread,  once  again  to  see  her  ?
On !  my  shrinking  but  lingers  Death  more  near.
{He  grasps  the  lock :  the  sound  of  singing  is  heard  inside.)

My  mother,  the  harlot,^''^

Who  put  me  to  death  j

My  father,  the  varlet,

Who  eaten  me  hath  !

Little  sister,  so  good,

Laid  my  bones  in  the  wood.
In  the  damp  moss  and  clay  :

Then  was  I  a  beautiful  bird  (f  the  wood;

Fly  away  !    Fly  away  !

FAUST  (unlocking).
She  does  not  dream  her  lover  listens  near ;

That  he  the  rattling  chain,  the  rustUng  straw,  can  hear.
{He  enters.)


zo8  FAUSr.
MARGARET  (hiding  herself  on  the  pallet).
