Charles Timothy Brooks

Charles Timothy Brooks
Charles Timothy Brooks (1813–1883) was an American clergyman, translator, and poet. He is best known for his translations of German literature, particularly his translation of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's "Faust". Brooks was also a prolific writer, producing sermons, essays, and poetry, and he contributed to various literary publications of his time. In addition to his literary work, he served as a Unitarian minister in Newport, Rhode Island, for several decades.

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MAX AND MAURICE. PREFACE.Ah, how oft we read or hear ofBoys we almost stand in fear of!For example, take these storiesOf two youths, named Max and Maurice,Who, instead of early turningTheir young minds to useful learning,Often leered with horrid featuresAt their lessons and their teachers.Look now at the empty head: heIs for mischief always ready.Teasing creatures, climbing fences,Stealing apples,... more...

FAUST.     Night. In a narrow high-arched Gothic room,    FAUST sitting uneasy at his desk. Faust. Have now, alas! quite studied throughPhilosophy and Medicine,And Law, and ah! Theology, too,With hot desire the truth to win!And here, at last, I stand, poor fool!As wise as when I entered school;Am called Magister, Doctor, indeed,—Ten livelong years cease not to leadBackward and forward, to and... more...