Representative Men by Ralph Waldo Emerson: “The Helena, or the second part of Faust, is a philosophy of literature set in poetry”
The Beautiful Village by Hori Tatsuo: Epigraph, from Faust, Part Two: the pulse of life beats anew and brisk, as if to greet the gentle twilight of the heavens. You, world below, did not fail in your duty last night, and this morning, your weariness healed, you breathe beneath my feet. [auto-translated]