[12:23] -: How to please the public – that’s the test,
[12:23] -: But nowadays I find I’m in a fix;
[12:23] -: I know they’re not accustomed to the best,
[12:23] -: But they’ve all read so much they know the tricks.
[12:23] -: How can we give then something fresh and new
[12:23] -: That’s serious, but entertaining too?
Goethe, Faust, Part I: Prelude On The Stage;
first performed 1808 translation by John R. Williams (1999)