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First range in order,

Hall on hall,

These wares so costly,

One and all!

And when he steps

The prize to view,

And reckons all

With judgment true,

He'll be no niggard;

As is meet,

Feast after feast

He'll give the fleet,

The gay birds come with morning tide;

Myself for them can best provide.

[The cargo is removed.]

MEPHISTOPHELES (to FAUST)

With gloomy look, with earnest brow

Thy fortune high receivest thou.

Thy lofty wisdom has been crowned;

Their limits shore and sea have bound;

Forth from the shore, in swift career,

O'er the glad waves, thy vessels steer;

Speak only from thy pride of place,

Thine arm the whole world doth embrace.

Here it began; on this spot stood

The first rude cabin formed of wood;

A little ditch was sunk of yore

Where plashes now the busy oar.

Thy lofty thought, thy people's hand,

Have won the prize from sea and land.

From here too—