O, I scarcely dare
To trust my senses!—tell me more!
She is my only Aspiration!
Whence didst thou bear her—to what shore?[214]
Thou saw’st her once; to-day I saw her beam,
The dream of Beauty, beautiful as Dream!
My soul, my being, now is bound and chained;
I cannot live, unless she be attained.[215]
Chiron found this attitude of passionate emotion so strange that he advised Faust to take care of his health.
After many wanderings and difficulties Faust again met the woman he coveted and spoke to her as follows:—