Here is the devil-and-all to pay.

Here is the devil-and-all to pay.

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.

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

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.

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear

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.

It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount read more

It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.

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.

Renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of
the world.

Renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of
the world.