Versos English Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Valentine

English poem

Valentine

by (1749–1832)

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There’s yet a skull I must be splitting!

MEPHISTOPHELES (to FAUST)

Sir Doctor, don’t retreat, I pray! Stand by: I’ll lead, if you’ll but tarry: Out with your spit, without delay! You’ve but to lunge, and I will parry.