ERDGEIST
Samuel A. (Samuel Atkins) Eliot translation
LULU BY FRANK WEDEKIND ERDGEIST (EARTH-SPIRIT) $1.00 PANDORA'S BOX (In Preparation)
ERDGEIST
(Earth-Spirit)
A Tragedy in Four Acts BY FRANK WEDEKIND
Translated by Samuel A. Eliot, Jr.
NEW YORK ALBERT AND CHARLES BONI 1914
Copyright, 1914 by Albert and Charles Boni
"I was created out of ranker stuff By Nature, and to the earth by Lust am drawn. Unto the spirit of evil, not of good, The earth belongs. What deities send to us From heaven are only universal goods; Their light gives gladness, but makes no man rich; And in their state possession not obtains. Therefore, the stone of price, all-treasured gold, Must from the powers of falsehood be enticed, The evil race that dwells beneath the day. Not without sacrifice their favor is gained, And no man liveth who from serving them Hath extricated undefiled his soul."