To think that this most miserable man
Has all this boundless treasure in his reach,
And hesitates to grasp it! Up, faint heart!
Come, boot and saddle, and away with thee,
Ere some more daring and less worthy suitor
Step in to take her from thee!
Gott. (astonished).By my hand,
’Twas Faustus spake then—not the holy friar!
Faus. I spake as man to man—as friend to friend.
I love thee; and if such a woman live