Versos English Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Mephistopheles

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Mephistopheles

by (1749–1832)

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I am the Spirit that Denies! And justly so: for all things, from the Void Called forth, deserve to be destroyed: ’Twere better, then, were naught created. Thus, all which you as Sin have rated,— Destruction,—aught with Evil blent,— That is my proper element.