Faust - Night - Lines 354-481

Faust's first monologue

Faust - Prologue In Heaven Cast: The Lord, The Heavenly Hosts (Raphael, Gabriel, Michael), Mephistopheles Lines 243 - 353

Faust - Prologue In Theater Cast: Theater Manager. Dramatic Poet. Comic Character Lines 33 - 242

This Dedication, written probably on June 24, 1797, is more properly an "Invocation" by the author who, at the age forty-eight, is about to resume work on his open which has lain all but untouched since he was twenty-six. The first stanza refers to the characters in the poem; the third stanza refers to Goethe's deceased father, sister, and friends of his youth. The Dedication was prefixed to the completed Part I of Faust in 1808 and is reckoned an integral part of the total work.