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Name but the devil, and he'll appear.
Old Satan in a trice was near,
With smutty face and figure:
But spotless spirits of the skies,
Unseen to e'en his saucer eyes,
Could watch the fiendish nigger.
Old Satan in a trice was near,
With smutty face and figure:
But spotless spirits of the skies,
Unseen to e'en his saucer eyes,
Could watch the fiendish nigger.
"Halloo!" he cried, "I smell a trick:
A mortal supersedes Old Nick,
The scourge of earth appointed:
He robs me of my trade, outrants
The blasphemy of hell, and vaunts
Himself the Lord's anointed.
A mortal supersedes Old Nick,
The scourge of earth appointed:
He robs me of my trade, outrants
The blasphemy of hell, and vaunts
Himself the Lord's anointed.
Folks make a fuss about my mischief:
D—d fools, they tamely suffer this chief
To play his pranks unbounded."
The cherubs flew; but saw from high,
At human inhumanity,
The devil himself astounded.
D—d fools, they tamely suffer this chief
To play his pranks unbounded."
The cherubs flew; but saw from high,
At human inhumanity,
The devil himself astounded.
SENEX'S SOLILOQUY ON HIS YOUTHFUL IDOL.
Platonic friendship at your years,
Says Conscience, should content ye:
Nay, name not fondness to her ears,
The darling's scarcely twenty.
Says Conscience, should content ye:
Nay, name not fondness to her ears,
The darling's scarcely twenty.
Yes, and she'll loathe me unforgiven,
To dote thus out of season;
But beauty is a beam from heaven,
That dazzles blind our reason.
To dote thus out of season;
But beauty is a beam from heaven,
That dazzles blind our reason.
