Margaret monologue (Act 9) — Faust: A Tragedy

Our household is but small, I own, And yet must be attended to. We keep no maid; I have the whole to do, Must wash and brush, and sew and knit, And cook, and early run and late; And then my mother is, in every whit, So accurate! Not that she needs to pinch her household; we Might do much more than many others do: My father left a goodly sum, quite free From debt, with a neat house and garden too, Close by the town, just as you pass the gate; But we have lived retired enough of late. My brother is a soldier: he Is at the wars: my little sister's dead: Poor thing! it caused me many an hour of pain To see it pine, and droop its little head, But gladly would I suffer all again, So much I loved the child!