Culture which smooth the whole world licks,
Also unto the devil sticks.
[Ger., Auch die Kultur, die read more

Culture which smooth the whole world licks,
Also unto the devil sticks.
[Ger., Auch die Kultur, die alle Welt beleckt,
Hat auf den Teufel sich erstreckt.]

Swings the scaly horror of his folded tail.

Swings the scaly horror of his folded tail.

And bid the devil take the hin'most.

And bid the devil take the hin'most.

We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell

We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell

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.

Every man for himself, his own ends, the devil for all.

Every man for himself, his own ends, the devil for all.

I charge thee, Satan, housed within this man,
To yield possession to my holy prayers,
And to read more

I charge thee, Satan, housed within this man,
To yield possession to my holy prayers,
And to thy state of darkness hie thee straight.
I conjure thee by all the saints in heaven.

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.

His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it
shall bring him to the king of terrors.

His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it
shall bring him to the king of terrors.