And on its grand, its double lordship enter!
How far she was, and nearer, how divine!
I’ll rescue her and make her doubly mine.
Ye Mothers! Mothers! Crown this wild endeavour!
Who knows her once must hold her, and for ever.[213]
The disappearance of the beautiful woman so moved Faust that he fainted and fell into a prolonged sleep. As soon as he recovered consciousness he asked: “Where is she?” and set out to seek for her. When he learned that Chiron had already carried off Helena on his back Faust cried out:—
Her didst thou bear?
Chiron: This back she pressed.
Faust: Was I not wild enough, before;
And now such seat, to make me blest!