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ON LADY POLTAGRUE: A PUBLIC PERIL by HILAIRE BELLOC

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE DEVIL, HAVING NOTHING ELSE TO DO
Last Line: TO HIS EXTREME ANNOYANCE, TEMPTED HIM.
Subject(s): EVIL; VILLAINS IN LITERATURE;
The Devil, having nothing else to do,
Went off to tempt My Lady Poltagrue,
My Lady, tempted by a private whim,
To his extreme annoyance, tempted him.



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