FAUST
As many as you may,
Bring crowds on crowds to labor here;
Them by reward and rigor cheer;
Persuade, entice, give ample pay!
Each day be tidings brought me at what rate
The moat extends which here we excavate.
MEPHISTOPHELES (half aloud)
They speak, as if to me they gave
Report, not of a moat—but of a grave.[36]