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Somehow our devils are never quite what we expect when we meet them face to face.
Somehow our devils are never quite what we expect when we meet them face to face.
Here is the devil-and-all to pay.
Here is the devil-and-all to pay.
His form had yet not lost
All his original brightness, not appear'd
Less than arch-angel ruined, and read more
His form had yet not lost
All his original brightness, not appear'd
Less than arch-angel ruined, and th' excess
Of glory obscured.
Accursed be he who plays with the devil.
[Ger., Verflucht wer mit dem Teufel spielt.]
Accursed be he who plays with the devil.
[Ger., Verflucht wer mit dem Teufel spielt.]
And bid the devil take the hin'most.
And bid the devil take the hin'most.
Where God has his church the Devil will have his chapel
Where God has his church the Devil will have his chapel
The devil's most devilish when respectable.
The devil's most devilish when respectable.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
The infernal serpent; he it was whose guile,
Stirr'd up with envy and revenge, deceived
The mother read more
The infernal serpent; he it was whose guile,
Stirr'd up with envy and revenge, deceived
The mother of mankind.
