Erdgeist (Earth-Spirit): A Tragedy in Four Acts |
CHARACTERS PROLOGUE ACT I ACT II ACT III ACT IV
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BY FRANK WEDEKIND
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PANDORA'S BOX (In Preparation) ERDGEIST (Earth-Spirit) A Tragedy in Four Acts
BY
FRANK WEDEKIND Translated by Samuel A. Eliot, Jr. NEW YORK
ALBERT AND CHARLES BONI
1914 Copyright, 1914
by
Albert and Charles Boni "I was created out of ranker stuff
By Nature, and to the earth by Lust am drawn.
Unto the spirit of evil, not of good,
The earth belongs. What deities send to us
From heaven are only universal goods;
Their light gives gladness, but makes no man rich;
And in their state possession not obtains.
Therefore, the stone of price, all-treasured gold,
Must from the powers of falsehood be enticed,
The evil race that dwells beneath the day.
Not without sacrifice their favor is gained,
And no man liveth who from serving them
Hath extricated undefiled his soul."
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