Black it stood as night,
Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell,
And shook a dreadful dart; read more

Black it stood as night,
Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell,
And shook a dreadful dart; what seem'd his head
The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
Satan was now at hand.

The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste.

The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste.

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he
will flee from you.

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he
will flee from you.

Demons do not exist any more than gods do, being only the products of the psychic activity of man

Demons do not exist any more than gods do, being only the products of the psychic activity of man

Incens'd with indignation Satan stood
Unterrified, and like a comet burn'd,
That fires the length of Ophiucus read more

Incens'd with indignation Satan stood
Unterrified, and like a comet burn'd,
That fires the length of Ophiucus huge
In th' artic sky, and from his horrid hair
Shakes pestilence and war.

Whenever science makes a discovery, the devil grabs it while the angels are debating the best way to use it.

Whenever science makes a discovery, the devil grabs it while the angels are debating the best way to use it.

Swings the scaly horror of his folded tail.

Swings the scaly horror of his folded tail.

I call'd the devil, and he came,
And with wonder his form did I closely scan;
He read more

I call'd the devil, and he came,
And with wonder his form did I closely scan;
He is not ugly, and is not lame,
But really a handsome and charming man.
A man in the prime of life is the devil,
Obliging, a man of the world, and civil;
A diplomatist too, well skill'd in debate,
He talks quite glibly of church and state.

And bid the devil take the hin'most.

And bid the devil take the hin'most.