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such as the Cathedral scene, where Margaret
is harsssed by the Evil Spirit

such as the Cathedral scene, where Margaret
is harassed by the Evil Spirit;
How otherwise was II, Margaret,
when thou, still Innocent
which IL reproduced with thrilling power,
The regular verse also is well rendered,
Goethe's Dedication never having been SO
we'll given by any other translator. Its firm,
souorous stanzas are in harmony with Tay-
lor's own manner aud poetic feeling or
the tull notes, which are so necessary 10 every
reader of Faust, whether in German or Eng
lsh, this same critic says, Taylor's notes
and commentary are the best we have,
learned and Ineligible, equally marked by
poetic feeling and good sense His critical
views OF the second part should be more au.
thortative than those of others less Conver-
SAINT with the subject or less truly poets
In disputed passages he asks for light from
his masters other writings, rather than from
German and English commentators The
result of this course is excellent, and do
not believe that any other translator has so
nearly reproduced both the text and spirit Of
Gocthe's lifelong work.
WHAT an inexhaustible theme for study
this wonderful Faust is What lofty thought,
for instance, in this grand confession of faith
by the hero to the simple, trustfnl, devout
maiden, and how perfectly rendered by the
translator
"w no dare express Him
And who profess Him.
saying lbelieve in Him
Who, feeling, seeing,
saying i believe Him not
The Alenfoldiug,
The All-upholdtng,
| Folds and upholds he not
| Thee. me- HIMSELF
| Arches not there the ssy above Us
| Lies not beneath us, firm. thecarth
And rise not, ON us shining,
| Friendly, the everlasting siars
| Look not, eye to eye, ON thee,
| And fcel'st not, througing
| To head and heart, the force,
| still weaving its eternal secret.
| Invisible, visible. round thy hleH
| Vast IA II Is, NIL with that force thy heart,
And when thou in the feeling wholly blessed
| can it, then, what thou wilt
| Call IT Bliss Heart Love God
| have no name to give ii
| Feeling is all in all;
| The Name Is sound and smoke,
| observing Heavens clear glow
Margaret cannot compass the thought, in
deed she feels, however its lofty truth
and yet by the pure intuition OF her devou
heart she feels that there is some insncerity
sophistry, hidden in it too. She is not salts
fled
| ITO hear II thus, II may seem passablc
| And yet, some hitch int there must be
For thou hast no Christianity
With equal felicity is rendered the expires
sion Of her instructive revulsion of sou
against Mephistopheles, purity's recoil at th
presence of impurity
| al feel his presence like something I'll,
| I've else. Tor all, "A kindly viii,
But, much as my heart to see thee yearneth,
| The secret horror of him rCturnCth
| And think the man a knave. as i've!
| If do him wrong, may God forgive .
Scene NNIll, in which Faust's agony
frenzy of remorse and loathing for his temp
ter, are depicted with such lurid power, /
unsurpassed by anything of the Kind eve
written-not excepting Shakespeare's Mac
beth. And for intense pathos, and heart
melting power, where shall we find any
thing that can surpass the last scene, wher
| Eanst visits the hap plaSs ui iFl in nrisDn ar sh
dies ? But why point out any single pas
sages . The whole work is a marvel, one Q
the most perfect works of art yet produce
by the human mind. In my estimatio
Taylor's safest and highest claim to immoi
| tality as a poet rests on his translation {
Faust. By it more than by any of his orig
nal work has he proved himself one of on
| great poets. tNCAs