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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A BALLAD, SHEWING HOW AN OLD WOMAN RODE DOUBLE AND WHO RODE BEFORE HER, by ROBERT SOUTHEY    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The raven croak'd as she sat at her meal
Last Line: Started and screamed with fear.
Variant Title(s): The Old Woman Of Berkeley
Subject(s): Devil; Exorcism; Old Age; Prayer; Sin; Singing & Singers; Women; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


A CONVERSATION WITH THE DEVIL, by RANDALL JARRELL    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Indulgent, or candid, or uncommon reader
Last Line: He was right. And now, to have no choice!
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Devil; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


A DRAMA OF EXILE, by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Rejoice in the clefts of gehenna
Last Line: Falling tears of angel.]
Subject(s): Eden; Gabriel; Heaven; Devil; Paradise; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


A LENTEN CALL, by HILDA JOHNSON WISE    Poem Text                    
First Line: Twas the second of march, in the present year
Last Line: To the world, the flesh and the devil.
Subject(s): Devil; Human Behavior; Lent; Lust; Religion; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature; Theology


A SERMON, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Six days a week the devil works
Last Line: And work just like the devil
Subject(s): Devil; Satan;mephistopheles;lucifer;beelzebub


A STORY OF DOOM: BOOK 6, by JEAN INGELOW    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Night. Now a tent was pitched, and japhet sat
Last Line: Nor specially a foe that means us ill.'
Subject(s): Devil; God; Hearts; Night; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub; Bedtime


A WITCH'S WILL, by JANE BARLOW    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: When o'er the purple ridge the moon rist up
Last Line: But where she bode came never shine nor song.
Subject(s): Devil; Evil; Witchcraft & Witches; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


ADDRESS TO THE DEIL, by ROBERT BURNS    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: O thou! Whatever title suit thee! / auld hornie, satan, nick, or clootie
Subject(s): Devil; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


AND THE GREATEST OF THESE IS WAR, by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Around the council-board of hell, with satan at / their head
Last Line: And hell rang with the acclamation of the fiends.
Subject(s): Devil; Evil; Hell; Monsters; War; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


ATTITUDE FOR A DUSE, by JOSEPH WALSH    Poem Text                    
First Line: What is so simple as the wind
Last Line: Wind leaves you as it finds you -- flesh and bone.
Subject(s): Devil; Trees; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


BALLAD OF YOUNG MAN THAT WOULD READ UNLAWFUL BOOKS & HOW HE WAS PUNISH, by ROBERT SOUTHEY    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Cornelius agrippa went out one day
Last Line: How in a conjurer's books they read.
Subject(s): Books; Devil; Magic; Punishment; Reading; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


BEELZEBUB AND JOB; EPIGRAM, by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Sly beelzebub took all occasions
Last Line: Short-sighted devil, not to take his spouse!
Variant Title(s): Job's Luck
Subject(s): Devil; Job (bible); Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


BENEATH A PICTURE, by GEORGE MURRAY (1830-1910)    Poem Text                    
First Line: Fearfully gazing spirit! Wherefore lies
Last Line: Shrouding the brightness of thine angel form.
Subject(s): Angels; Devil; Future Life; Sin; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub; Retribution; Eternity; After Life


BROTHERS, by LUCILLE CLIFTON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Come coil with me
Subject(s): Devil; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


CAELICA: 105, by FULKE GREVILLE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Three things there be in mans opinion deare
Last Line: Devils there many be, and gods but one.
Alternate Author Name(s): Brooke, 1st Baron; Brooke, Lord
Subject(s): Devil; God; Idols; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


CARNIVAL, by CALE YOUNG RICE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Earthis the merry-go-round of the devil
Last Line: And ride, friend, for none rides twice.
Subject(s): Carnivals; Devil; Laughter; Love; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


COPY OF AN INTERCEPTED SPEECH; FROM DON STREPITOSO DIABOLO, by THOMAS MOORE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Great sir, having just had the good luck to catch / an offical young demon
Last Line: Devil
Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas
Subject(s): Devil; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


DEATH, by JOSEPH BEAUMONT    Poem Text                    
First Line: Look not so fierce; thy hands are ty'd, I know
Last Line: Borne in a surer birth of immortalitie.
Subject(s): Adam & Eve; Bible; Death; Devil; Immortality; Spiritual Life; Eve; Dead, The; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


DEL INFERNO, by EDWARD SAPIR    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A world in flames!
Last Line: "a world in flames!'"
Subject(s): Devil; Fire; Hell; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


DEMOGORGON, by JOHN COWPER POWYS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I am the devil of notre dame
Last Line: His world!
Subject(s): Charm; Dancing & Dancers; Devil; Mythology; Notre Dame University; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


DEVIL'S GOLD (A HAMPTON LEGEND), by ABBIE FARWELL BROWN    Poem Text     Poem Explanation                 Poet's Biography
First Line: The general rolled in a coach-and-four
Last Line: Are marked with the hate of gold.
Subject(s): Devil; Humility; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


DOST THOU DENY, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Dost thou deny the virgin birth?
Last Line: When thou shalt face christ's judgment seat.
Subject(s): Devil; Judgment Day; Religion; Sin; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub; End Of The World; Doomsday; Fall Of Man; Theology


FAUST, by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Ye wavering shapes, again ye do me enfold
Last Line: Ground.)
Subject(s): Devil; Evil; Faust; Freedom; Religion; Tragedy; Villains In Literature; Witchcraft & Witches; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub; Liberty; Theology


FAUST, by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The sun his ancient music makes
Last Line: Curtain.
Subject(s): Devil; Evil; Faust; Freedom; Religion; Tragedy; Villains In Literature; Witchcraft & Witches; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub; Liberty; Theology


GOD'S DETERMINATIONS: SOME OF SATAN'S SOPHESTRY, by EDWARD TAYLOR    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The tempter greatly seeks, though secretly
Last Line: Bright diamonds? What then in man is sin?
Subject(s): Devil; Puritans In Literature; Sin; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


HELL'S RESURRECTION, by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The saffron-colored stars of hell
Last Line: As it had flamed of yore!
Subject(s): Death; Devil; Hell; Sin; Dead, The; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


HOW THE FIRE QUEEN CROSSED THE SWAMP, by WILLIAM HENRY OGILVIE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The flood was down in the wilga swamps, three feet over the mud
Last Line: "him through!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Ogilvie, Will Henry
Subject(s): Animals; Devil; Floods; Horses; Swamps; Trucks & Trucking; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub; Bogs; Fens; Marshes


HYMN TO LUCIFER, by JOHN CHIPMAN FARRAR    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: O lucifer, bright prince of sin
Last Line: My heart might entertain the good.
Subject(s): Devil; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


IF!, by BARTHOLOMEW GRIFFIN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Suppose 'twere done!
Last Line: Of lingering smile on satan's face!
Subject(s): Arms & Armor; Death; Devil; Satire (as Poetic Genre); War; Weapons; Ammunition; Dead, The; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


LITANY TO SATAN, by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: O grandest of the angels, and most wise
Last Line: My soul may sit, that cries upon thee now.
Subject(s): Devil; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


LUCIFER IN STARLIGHT, by GEORGE MEREDITH    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: On a starred night prince lucifer uprose
Last Line: The army of unalterable law.
Subject(s): Bible; Devil; Religion; Stars; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub; Theology


LUCIFER'S FEAST; A EUROPEAN NIGHTMARE, by ALFRED NOYES    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: To celebrate the ascent of man, one gorgeous night
Last Line: In friendship for a moment! ...
Subject(s): Death; Devil; War; Dead, The; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


LUCIFER: PART SIX, by JOHN COWPER POWYS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: But not unscathed did those gay revellers pass
Last Line: In pride yet haughtier, marched the milky way.
Subject(s): Devil; Fate; Fools; Revolutions; Stars; Time; War; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub; Destiny; Idiots


MAMMON'S PLEA: A TALE, by THOMAS WARTON THE ELDER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Many seeming weak acts by contrivance are done
Last Line: "may'r, aldermen, burgesses, town-clerk, and all."
Subject(s): Crime & Criminals; Death; Devil; Greed; Law & Lawyers; Story-telling; Wills; Dead, The; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub; Avarice; Cupidity


NEVER TOO LATE: THE HERMIT'S VERSES, by ROBERT GREENE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Here look, my son, for no vain-glorious shows
Last Line: To overthrow the strength of satan's jar.
Subject(s): Advice; Devil; Life; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


O LUCIFER, SON OF THE MORNING, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: O fallen star! A darkened light
Last Line: O fallen star!
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Devil; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


ON A SERMON PREACH'ED ON ... 'YOU HAVE SOLD YOUR SELVES FOR NAUGHT', by SARAH FYGE EGERTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: With grotius on new-testament yo've done
Last Line: We scarcely know your pulpit from the bench.
Alternate Author Name(s): Field, Edward, Mrs.; Fyge, Sarah
Subject(s): Churches; Devil; Sermons; Cathedrals; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


PARAPHRASE OF THE BIBLE: OPENING, by CAEDMON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Most right it is that we praise with our words
Last Line: The fairest woman.
Subject(s): Creation; Devil; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


RAISING THE DEVIL; A LEGEND OF CORNELIUS AGRIPPA, by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: And hast thou nerve enough?' he said
Last Line: He dash'd -- an empty purse!!
Alternate Author Name(s): Ingoldsby, Thomas
Subject(s): Devil; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


RECLUSE, by HAROLD VINAL    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: She moved, a saint among us, more concerned
Last Line: No one had known it by her spoken word.
Subject(s): Devil; Prayer; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


SATAN, by ROBERT HERRICK    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: When we 'gainst satan stoutly fight, the more
Last Line: Whom ease makes his, without the help of blowes.
Subject(s): Devil; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


SATAN ABSOLVED; A VICTORIAN MYSTERY, by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Satan. To-day is the lord's 'day.' once more on his / good pleasure
Last Line: Michael (aside). The anti-christ!
Subject(s): Angels; Antichrist; Christianity; Devil; Evil; Heaven; Mystery; Religion & Science; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub; Paradise


SATAN'S ANSWER, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Whose son is jesus? Kneel and pray
Last Line: The hidden things of heaven or hell?
Subject(s): Devil; Evil; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


SATURN, by JOHN COWPER POWYS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: It is the place! / no moon, no mist, no sound
Last Line: Oh love --
Subject(s): Death; Devil; Hope; Life; Moon; Planets; Sleep; Wind; Dead, The; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub; Optimism


SIN AND STRIFE, by ROBERT HERRICK    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: After true sorrow for our sinnes, our strife
Last Line: Must last with satan, to the end of life.
Subject(s): Devil; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


SONGS OF CREATION: 2, by HEINRICH HEINE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: To the devil spake the lord thus
Last Line: Thou canst nothing make, however.
Subject(s): Creation; Devil; God; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


SONNET TO SATAN, by SYLVIA PLATH    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In darkroom of your eye the moonly mind
Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Ted, Mrs.
Subject(s): Devil; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


ST. ROMAULD, by ROBERT SOUTHEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: One day, it matters not to know
Last Line: And so we meant to strangle him one night.
Subject(s): Death; Devil; Reason; Religion; Saints; Spain; Travel; Dead, The; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub; Intellect; Rationalism; Brain; Mind; Intellectuals; Theology; Journeys; Trips


TARTARUS, by CHARLES WILLIAMS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Under my mind, so near I stand to the edge
Last Line: Lower and lower and lower beelzebub falls.
Subject(s): Devil; Hell; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


TEMPTATION, by JOHN CIARDI    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: St. Anthony, my father's holy man
Subject(s): Temptation; Devil; Temptation; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


THE BARGAIN, by CLAIRE STEWART BOYER    Poem Text                    
First Line: I sold my soul to satan for a price
Last Line: My soul and beauty are come back to me.
Subject(s): Devil; Soul; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


THE BLUE HOG, by NORMAN DUBIE    Poem Text                 Recitation by Author     Poet's Biography
First Line: I didn't have to buy the acid
Last Line: Who's said to still be in the district.
Variant Title(s): A Blue Hog
Subject(s): Death - Children; Devil; Pigs; Revenge; Death - Babies; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub; Boars; Hogs


THE COMET, by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The eye of the demon on albion was turned
Last Line: The fire-brand of yamen shall dazzle in vain.
Subject(s): Anger; Devil; England; Envy; Floods; Weather; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub; English


THE DECEIVER DECIVED: PROLOGUE, by MARY PIX    Poem Text                    
First Line: Deceiv'd deceiver, and imposter cheated!
Last Line: There's no appeal to any court but you.
Subject(s): Devil; Duplicity; Plays & Playwrights; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub; Deceit


THE DEMON LOVER, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: "o where have you been, my long, long love"
Last Line: And sank her in the sea
Subject(s): Devil;love - Loss Of;suicide;unfaithfulness; Satan;mephistopheles;lucifer;beelzebub;infidelity;adultery;inconstancy


THE DESTROYING ANGEL, OR, THE POET'S DREAM, by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I dreamt a dream the other night
Last Line: But, alas, I started up in bed, and behold it was a dream!
Subject(s): Angels; Devil; Evil; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


THE DEVIL, by JAMES STEPHENS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I think the stars do nod at me!
Last Line: Where you nod upon the sky!
Subject(s): Devil; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


THE DEVIL AND DEATH DEFEATED; ADAPTED FROM THE MIDRASH, by CARROLL RYAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The devil wandering up and down
Last Line: "of a jealous, vengeful woman!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Ryan, William Thomas Carroll
Subject(s): Death; Devil; Evil; Vengeance; Dead, The; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


THE DEVIL IN THE NIGHT, by PAUL FORT    Poem Text                    
First Line: With ruby eyes a-peer the devil, all night long, stalks squeaking mice
Last Line: All night long in the gale.
Subject(s): Devil; Love; Night; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub; Bedtime


THE DEVIL OF NAMES; A LEGEND, by JOHN GODFREY SAXE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: At an old-fashioned inn, with a pendulous sign
Last Line: A trick, I suspect, that he seldom plays you!
Subject(s): Devil; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


THE DEVIL'S BAG, by JAMES STEPHENS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I saw the devil walking down the lane
Last Line: And ran away ... Oh, mammy! I'm not well!
Subject(s): Devil; Supernatural; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


THE DEVIL'S NINE QUESTIONS, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: "oh, you must answer my questions nine"
Last Line: And you are the weaver's bonny
Subject(s): Devil;supernatural; Satan;mephistopheles;lucifer;beelzebub


THE DEVIL'S SERMON, by PHILIP JAMES BAILEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Come, I'll unroll your hearts, and read them to ye
Subject(s): Death; Devil; Dead, The; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


THE DEVIL'S SNUFF BOX, by JANET B. MONTGOMERY MCGOVERN    Poem Text                    
First Line: Now that which for many years I have lived for
Last Line: As the sight of devil's snuff-boxes.
Subject(s): Devil; Enemies; Evil; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


THE DEVIL'S STEPPING-STONES, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A sky of gold, a sea of blue
Last Line: Long island keeps the devil.
Subject(s): Devil; Legends; Long Island (n.y.); New York City; Sailing & Sailors; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Seamen; Sails


THE DEVIL'S SWINGS, by FEODOR KUZMICH TETERNIKOV    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Below a pine's rough shadow
Last Line: Higher, higher, higher!
Alternate Author Name(s): Sologub, Fedor (fyodor)
Subject(s): Devil; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


THE DEVIL'S WALK [ON EARTH], by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: From his brimstone bed at break of day
Last Line: It was general conflagration.
Variant Title(s): The Devil's Thoughts
Subject(s): Devil; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


THE FLIES, by MATTHEW PRIOR    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Say, sire of insects, mighty sol
Last Line: Both raised, but by their party's favour.
Subject(s): Devil; Flies; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


THE FULLNESS OF TIME, by JAMES STEPHENS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: On a rusty iron throne
Last Line: One who had been crucified!
Subject(s): Devil; Jesus Christ; Peace; Time; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


THE HOUSE-WARMING; A LEGEND OF BLEEDING-HEART YARD, by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM    Poem Text     Poem Explanation                 Poet's Biography
First Line: Sir christopher hatton he danced with grace
Last Line: That the iron one is not the only 'pump' there!
Alternate Author Name(s): Ingoldsby, Thomas
Subject(s): Elizabeth I, Queen Of England (1533-1603; Witchcraft & Witches; Devil; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


THE HYPOCRITE DEVIL, by FENTON JOHNSON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The devil is a mighty hypocrite
Last Line: The devil's hypocrite and conjure man.
Subject(s): Devil; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


THE KILLCROP, by ROBERT SOUTHEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: You squalling imp, lie still! Isn't it enough
Last Line: I'll rocket him. (exit.)
Subject(s): Children; Devil; Luther, Martin (1483-1546); Murder; Superstition; Childhood; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


THE LAY OF SAINT MEDARD; A LEGEND OF AFRIC, by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In good king dagobert's palmy days
Last Line: If you've any glass windows never throw stones!!!
Alternate Author Name(s): Ingoldsby, Thomas
Subject(s): Saints; Devil; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


THE LAY OF ST. CUTHBERT; OR THE DEVIL'S DINNER-PARTY, by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM    Poem Text     Poem Explanation                 Poet's Biography
First Line: It's in bolton hall, and the clock strikes one
Last Line: A poor, old, half-starved, country parson at last!
Alternate Author Name(s): Ingoldsby, Thomas
Subject(s): Devil; Feasts; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


THE LAY OF ST. NICHOLAS, by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Lord abbot! Lord abbot! I'd fain confess
Last Line: Who suppes with the deville should have a long spoone!'
Alternate Author Name(s): Ingoldsby, Thomas
Subject(s): Temptation; Devil; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


THE LITTLE DEVIL, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES    Poem Text         Poet Analysis            
First Line: The sun has his spots, the moon has her shadows
Last Line: Of ice and fire — 'come here, you little devil!'
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Devil; Evil; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


THE MILLS OF THE GODS, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: He was the slave of ambition
Last Line: Yet they grind exceeding small
Subject(s): Ambition;devil;faust; Satan;mephistopheles;lucifer;beelzebub


THE NEW DOLL'S HOUSE: 11. THE VISITORS: (B) THE RATHER IMMORTALS, by HUMBERT WOLFE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Then once in every / year for luck
Last Line: Telephone to ariel.
Subject(s): Devil; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


THE OVIPAROUS TAILOR, by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Wee, wee tailor, / nobody was paler
Last Line: Wee, wee tailor.
Subject(s): Birds; Death; Devil; Pain; Sin; Tailors; Witchcraft & Witches; Dead, The; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub; Suffering; Misery; Dress Makers


THE PHARISEE, by EBENEZER SMITH    Poem Text                    
First Line: The incarnation of all evil!
Last Line: To find a man so pious there.
Subject(s): Devil; Evil; Religion; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub; Theology


THE PIOUS PAINTER; THE STORY AS RELATED IN FABLIAUX OF LE GRAND, by ROBERT SOUTHEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: There once was a painter in catholic days
Last Line: And I must give the devil his due.
Subject(s): Catholic Church - Liturgy; Devil; Paintings And Painters; Prisoners Of War; Temptation; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


THE PIRATE'S SPUKE, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Leave the dull present, to seek awhile
Last Line: And the force of an iron will.
Subject(s): Devil; New York City - Dutch Period; Pirates; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub; Piracy; Buccaneers


THE PROMISE IN DISTURBANCE, by GEORGE MEREDITH    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: How low when angels fall their black descent
Last Line: The rebel discords up the sacred mount.
Subject(s): Angels; Devil; Heaven; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub; Paradise


THE SIFTING OF PETER, by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In saint luke's gospel we are told
Last Line: No longer.
Subject(s): Devil; Religion; Sin; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub; Theology


THE SOUL-HUNTER, by JULIA WARD HOWE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Who hunts so late 'neath evening skies
Last Line: Who hunts so late, so dark.
Subject(s): Devil; Hunting; Soul; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub; Hunters


THE TEMPTRESS, by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Old devil, when you come with horns and tail
Last Line: Old devil, I must really own, you win.
Subject(s): Devil; Fights; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


THE TRUANTS, by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM    Poem Text     Poem Explanation                 Poet's Biography
First Line: Three little demons have broken loose
Last Line: And now goes by the name of 'swing.'
Alternate Author Name(s): Ingoldsby, Thomas
Subject(s): Devil; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


THE VOICE OF THE WORM, by JOHN COWPER POWYS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The prophets and the saints forever keep
Last Line: "and cries, ""have courage! Live!"
Subject(s): Courage; Death; Devil; Pain; Prophecy & Prophets; Saints; Voices; Worms; Valor; Bravery; Dead, The; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub; Suffering; Misery


THROUGH; A VISION OF VICTORY, by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Lo! One whose back was sunward, caught the eye
Last Line: In the great daytime of love's stainless truth.
Alternate Author Name(s): Leigh, Arbor; Guggenberger, Mrs. Ignatz; Bevington, L. S.
Subject(s): Devil; Soul; Conduct Of Life; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. THE SECRET OF TIME AND SATAN, by EDWARD CARPENTER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Is there one in all the world who does not desire to be divinely beautiful?
Last Line: Till we stood again in paradise.
Subject(s): Devil; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 4. LUCIFER, by EDWARD CARPENTER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Seest thou me pass - swift with my angels out of heaven propelled
Last Line: From heaven down into chaos seest thou me pass, I say?]
Subject(s): Devil; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


TRYST, by CATHARINE CATES    Poem Text                    
First Line: She walked uphill through dismal wood
Last Line: And rising scorched her with its swell.
Subject(s): Devil; Hate; Hell; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub


WHAT THE DEVIL SAID, by JAMES STEPHENS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: It was night time! God, the father good
Last Line: Satan's deep voice -- o thou unhappy god!
Subject(s): Devil; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub