Blows all the bounties of thy love to nought;

And fans within my breast a raging fire

For that fair image, busy to do ill.

Thus reel I from desire on to enjoyment,

And in enjoyment languish for desire.

Enter Mephistopheles.

Mephistopheles.

What! not yet tired of meditation?

Methinks this is a sorry recreation.

To try it once or twice might do;