O schaudre nicht! Laß diesen Blick,
Laß diesen Händedruck dir sagen,
Was unaussprechlich ist:
Sich hinzugeben ganz und eine Wonne
Zu fühlen, die ewig sein muß!
Ewig! -- Ihr Ende [würde]1 Verzweiflung sein.
Nein! kein Ende.  Kein Ende!

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Confirmed with Faust in ursprünglicher Gestalt (Urfaust), in: Goethe Faust, kommentiert von Erich Trunz, München: Verlag C.H. Beck, 16., überarbeitete Auflage, 1996, page 403

¹ Bettina von Arnim: "wird"

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• by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Faust, in Der Tragödie erster Teil (Part I) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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• by Bettina von Arnim, née Brentano (1785 - 1859), "Aus Faust", 1842. [ sung text checked 1 time]

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