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Abashed the Devil stood,
And felt how awful goodness is, and saw
Virtue in her own shape read more
Abashed the Devil stood,
And felt how awful goodness is, and saw
Virtue in her own shape how lovely; saw
And pined his loss.
Here is the devil-and-all to pay.
Here is the devil-and-all to pay.
The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people worse than they are.
The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people worse than they are.
Let me say amen betimes lest the devil cross my prayer, for here
he comes in the likeness of read more
Let me say amen betimes lest the devil cross my prayer, for here
he comes in the likeness of a Jew.
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.
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.
The devil's most devilish when respectable.
The devil's most devilish when respectable.
Satan exalted sat, by merit raised
To that bad eminence.
Satan exalted sat, by merit raised
To that bad eminence.
Swings the scaly horror of his folded tail.
Swings the scaly horror of his folded tail.
