Come, follow us! Come here, at least!
WAGNER
’Tis the absurdest, drollest beast.
Stand still, and you will see him wait;
Address him, and he gambols straight;
If something’s lost, he’ll quickly bring it,—
Your cane, if in the stream you fling it.
FAUST
No doubt you’re right: no trace of mind, I own,
Is in the beast: I see but drill, alone.
WAGNER
The dog, when he’s well educated,
Is by the wisest tolerated.
Yes, he deserves your favor thoroughly,—
The clever scholar of the students, he!
(They pass in the city-gate.)
