 Yes! to this thought I hold with firm persistence; The last result of wisdom stamps it true : He only earns his freedom and existence Who daily conquers them anew. Thus here, by dangers girt, shall glide away Of childhood, manhood, age, the vigorous day:...  Studies in German Literature - Page 380by Bayard Taylor - 1879 - 421 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Richmond Henderson - Social problems - 1898 - 442 pages
...He only earns his freedom and existence, Who daily conquers them anew. Thus here, by dangers girt, shall glide away, Of childhood, manhood, age, the...fair!' The traces cannot, of mine earthly being, In reons perish, — they are there! — In proud free feeling of such lofty bliss, I now enjoy the highest... | |
 | 1898 - 946 pages
...daily conquers them anew. Thus here, by dangers girt, shall glide away Of childhood, manhood, sage, the vigorous day: And such a throng I fain would see...earthly being, In aeons perish — they are there! In proud fore-feeling of such lofty bliss, I now enjoy the highest moment — this ! " * Unnumbered... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1898 - 866 pages
...only earns his freedom and existence. Who dailvconcjuejjj_yieJaJ»ew.168 Thus here7 by dangers girt, shall glide away Of childhood, manhood, age, the vigorous...dared I hail the Moment fleeing : " Ah, still delay — tkou art so fair ! " The traces cannot, of mine earthly being, In aeons perish, — they are there... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1898 - 874 pages
..."freedom and existence/ / Who daily conquers them anew.'66 / Thus here, by dangers girt, shall glid£ away Of childhood, manhood, age, the vigorous day...Then dared I hail the Moment fleeing : " Ah, still delci) thou art so fair ! " The traces cannot, of mine earthly being, In aeons perish, — they are... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1898 - 868 pages
...glide away Of childhood, manhood, age, the vigorous day : j And such a throng I fain would see, — 295 Then dared I hail the Moment fleeing : " Ah, still...earthly being, In aeons perish, — they are there ! — In proud fore-feeling of such lofty bliss, I now enjoy the highest Moment, — this ! (FxusT... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1899 - 490 pages
...only earns his freedom and existence, Who daily conquers them anew.'63 Thus here, by dangers girt, shall glide away Of childhood, manhood, age, the vigorous...would see, — Stand on free soil among a people free ! 295 Then dared I hail the Moment fleeing : " Ah, still delay — than art so fair ! " The traces... | |
 | Paul Carus - Demonology - 1899 - 526 pages
...revolutionary movement of the age that gave birth to the legend, the love of liberty. Says the dying Faust : "And such a throng I fain would see, — Stand on free soil among a people free." This Faust cannot be lost. His soul is saved. Mephistopheles now ceases to be a mere incarnation of... | |
 | Robert Webber Moore - German literature - 1900 - 400 pages
...whole will be finished, and millions living there. This thought fills him with joy, and he cries : — "Then dared I hail the moment fleeing, ' Ah, still delay — thou art so fair / '" "The noble spirit now is free, And saved from evil scheming ; Whoe'er aspires unweariedly Is not beyond... | |
 | Robert Webber Moore - German literature - 1900 - 356 pages
...whole will be finished, and millions living there. This thought fills him with joy, and he cries: — "Then dared I hail the moment fleeing, ' Ah, still delay — thou art so fair ! ' " These are his last words, and with them he drops dead. Mephistopheles, counting on the contract,... | |
 | Kuno Francke - German literature - 1901 - 764 pages
...vigorous day. And such a throng I fain would see, — Stand on free soil among a people free! Then dare I hail the moment fleeing : ' Ah, still delay —...fair!' The traces cannot, of mine earthly being, In zeons perish, — they are there! — In proud forefeeling of such lofty bliss, I now enjoy the highest... | |
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