The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1884-06-12

woei Woe!
Thou hast destroyed
The beautiful world
With violent blow;
II SShiver'd; tits Silatter5d
The fragments abroad by demigod
scatter'd
Now We sweep
The wrecks into nothingnhss!
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to trifie longer with
your grief,
Which, vulture like, consumes in this den.
The worst society has some relief,
You'll feel yourself as man Win fel-ow
Not that Pa thrust you mid the vulgar
throEg,
But if through life may your steps attsnu,
1 will at once engage 10 be your friend.
/ am your comrade, should l suit your
need;
Your servent 1, your very slave indeed!
F-Nay. Nay!
The devil is an egotist I know;
And never for Gods sake doth kindness
Let the &C cnditions plainly be expressed
Such a domestic is a dangerous gu est.
M--I1l pledge myself to be your servent
HERE;
Meier at your call to slumber or be still;
But when together yonJer we appear,
You shall suDmlssivcly obey my viii.
F--But small concern 1 feel for yondcr
world;
Hast thou this system into ruin hurl,d
Another may arise the void to fill.
This earth che fountain whence my pleas
ure dow,
This sun doth daily shine upon my woe,
And can but from these divorce my lot.
Then come what may,-To ME II matters
Lot,
Whether hereafter we shall hate CT love,
And whether, also, III those distant
spheres,
There is :: depth below or a height above.
Mn this mood you may venture it. But
make
The compact, and at once I'll undertake
To charm you with mine arts. III give
you more
| That mortal eye hath ere beheld before.
F-And what poor devil, hast thou to be
stow?
| Was mortal spirit, in its high endeavor,
Fer farthomed bv a being such rs thou?
Yet food thou hast that satisfieth never,
Red gold indeed thou hast that swiftly flies,
Gliding like restless quicksilver away.
A game at which none ever win who play,
damsel, who, on her breast sne lies,
To lure neighbor kindly doth essay,
Thine, too, ambitious bright and godlfke
dream,
Bareless aud transient as the metior's
CLEAN
Show me the fruits that ere they're pluck'd
decay
And trees whose verdure buddeth every
day.
M-Such demand affrights me not with
ease
I can provide you treasures such as these,
But in due course a season will come round
When on what's good We may IeS:.le III
peace.
F-If ever in indolent repose Pm found,
Then let my life upon the instant cease!
CaE'st thou thy tlatt'ring spells around nte
cast,
And cheat me into self co -npiacent pride,
Or sweet enjOyment-Be that hour my last.
Be this our wageri
M-'Tis done; tits ratified.
Fsustus-Ah, Gentlemen!
First Schoiar-Whata aiis Faustus?
F.-Ah, my dear friends, had L lived with
thee, then had lived still; hut now L die
eternally! Look, comes he not2 comes he
not?
Second Scholar-What means Faustus
Third Scholar-Belike he has grown into
some sickness by being over solitary
+. S.-If it be so, Wen have physicians to
cure him. 'Tis but susfeit; never lear,
man.
IA surfeit OF deadly sin, that hath
damned both body and soul
/ 5. .S.-Yet, Faustus, look up to heaven /;
remember Gods msrcies are Infinite.
F.-But Faus: :us' offense can he'er be par
doned; the serpent that tempted Eve may
be saved, but not Faustus. All, gentlemen,
hear me with patience and trembie not at
my speeches! Though my heart pants and
Quiyers to remember that l have been a
student here these thirty years, oh, would
had never seen Wertemberg, never read
book! and what wonders have i done, all
Germany can witness, yea, all the world ;
for which Faustus hath lost both Germany v
and tie world. Yea, heaven itself-heaven,
the kingdom of joy-and must remain in
hall foreNer-hell, ah, he'll, forever! Dear
friends, what shall become Of FaustuS, be-
ing in hell forever?
T. S.-Yet, Faustus, call on God.
F.-On God, whom FauStuS Eath adjured!
On God, whom Faustus hath blasphamed
All, my God, would weepi but the devil
draws in my tears. Gush forth blood, in
stead of tears! yea, life and soul! Oh, he
stays my tongue! l would lift up my
hands; but see, they hold them, they hold
them!
All-Who, Faustus?
F.-Luciferan Mephistopheles. All, gen
tlemen, gave them nay soul for my cum
ming.
Ail-God forbid.
F.-God forbade it. indeed but Faustus
hath done it; for vain pleasure of twenty
four years hath Faustus lost eternal joy
own blood : the date is expired /; the time
will come, and he will fetcn me.
F. S.-Why did not Faustus tell us of this
before, that divines might have pray ed for
thee?
F.-Oft have thought to have done so :
bnt the devil threatened to tear ne TO
pieces if named God, TO fetch both body
and soul If once gave ear to divinity; and
now tits too late. Gentlemen, away, lest
you perish with me.
=. S.-Oh. what shall we do to save Faus-
tus?
F.-Taik notof me. but save you selves,
and depart.
I. S.-God will strengthen me; / will
stay with Faustus
+. S--Tempt not God, sweet friead but
let US into the next loom, and there pray
for him.
FAY, pray for me, pray for me; aud
what noise soever ye hear, come not unto
me, for nothing can rescue me.
s. Spray thou, and we will pray that
God may have mercy upon thee.
F.-Gentlemen, farewell; ii ! live till
morning, IN visit you; if not, Faastus is
gone to hell.
All-FGHStus, farewell.
r. All, FaustuS.
Now hast thou but one bare hour to live,
And then thou must be damn'd perpetu-
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