![When on the spindle, spun to endless distance, By Nature’s listless hand the thread is twirled, And the discordant tones of all existence In sullen jangle are together hurled,
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust (1808) translated by Bayard Taylor and illustrated by Harry Clarke [full text]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7v83v5h3t1qamjklo1_500.jpg)
When on the spindle, spun to endless distance,
By Nature’s listless hand the thread is twirled,
And the discordant tones of all existence
In sullen jangle are together hurled,
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust (1808) translated by Bayard Taylor and illustrated by Harry Clarke [full text]
