Versos English Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Faust

English poem

Faust

by (1749–1832)

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I feel, indeed, that I have made the treasure Of human thought and knowledge mine, in vain; And if I now sit down in restful leisure, No fount of newer strength is in my brain: I am no hair’s-breadth more in height, Nor nearer, to the Infinite,