In the Sky
All Resolutions
I like, at times, to hear The Ancient's word,
And have care to be most civil.
(Facing p. 15.)
Description:
Mephistopheles is depicted flying over a city, naked, with a goat-like face, spread wings, and claw-like nails, looking back as if startled by a call from above.
The caption reads in French:
… De temps en temps j’aime à voir le vieux Père,
Et je me garde bien de lui rompre en visière…
English caption source: Faust, trans. by Bayard Taylor (New York: Arden Book Company, n.d.).
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