I'll tell her all, and brave the demon's wrath.
[Weird voices are heard.]
Mortal, beware,
Have a care,
For a snare
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Doth prepare!
Mephisto will come in his terrible ire,
And carry thy sheep-skin away!
Thou losest by this thy former desire,
We warn thee, oh man, to obey!
Mortals must heed when Mephisto commands,
To spurn him were foolishness quite -
Not one of you fellows, poor fools! understands
The charm that can conquer his might.
SCENE III. - LOVE CONQUERS.
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