Swings the scaly horror of his folded tail.

Swings the scaly horror of his folded tail.

Tell your master that if there were as many devils at Worms as
tiles on its roofs, I would read more

Tell your master that if there were as many devils at Worms as
tiles on its roofs, I would enter.

The devil's most devilish when respectable.

The devil's most devilish when respectable.

Devils can be driven out of the heart by the touch of a hand on a hand, or a mouth read more

Devils can be driven out of the heart by the touch of a hand on a hand, or a mouth on a mouth

And bid the devil take the hin'most.

And bid the devil take the hin'most.

The spirit that I have seen
May be a devil, and the devil hath power
T' assume read more

The spirit that I have seen
May be a devil, and the devil hath power
T' assume a pleasing shape, yea, and perhaps
Out of my weakness and my melancholy,
As he is very potent with such spirits,
Abuses me to damn me.

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.

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear

Illusion is the dust the devil throws in the eyes of the foolish.

Illusion is the dust the devil throws in the eyes of the foolish.