Versos English Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Mephistopheles

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Mephistopheles

by (1749–1832)

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Then bagged the spangles, chains, and rings, As if but toadstools were the things, And thanked no less, and thanked no more Than if a sack of nuts he bore,— Promised them fullest heavenly pay, And deeply edified were they.