And burning thirst again assail us?
Therein I’ve borne so much probation![205]
It is at this point that Faust addresses the Spirit “that denies” and that is called “sin” and “evil.” This spirit invokes before his eyes “the fairest images of dreams,” that is to say, a woman’s body in its beautiful nudity. Faust declares himself
Too old to play with passion,
Too young to be without desire.[206]
Pursued by desire
... when night descends, how anxiously
Upon my couch of sleep I lay me.
There, also, comes no rest to me;
But some wild dream is sent to fray me.[207]