MEPHISTOPHELES
 [Es sollt' euch eben nicht verdrießen
 Umsonst auch etwas zu genießen.]1
 Jetzt da der Himmel voller Sterne glüht,
 Sollt ihr ein wahres Kunststück hören:
 Ich sing' ihr ein moralisch Lied,
 Um sie gewisser zu bethören.

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• by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), 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 Conradin Kreutzer (1780 - 1849), "Recitando und Romanze", 1820 [ voice and piano ], from Gesänge aus Goethe's Faust, no. 21, an edition from 1836 is mentioned by Hofmeister, published Wien, Trentsensky
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