Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DEVIL IN THE NIGHT, by PAUL FORT 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 | ||||||||
With ruby eyes a-peer the devil, all night long, stalks squeaking mice to spear upon his little prong. A million mice so fat he bags ere dawn is pale. They sizzle in a vat, stirred by his red-hot tail. He gives the broth thereof to lovers impolite, who, fondling day and night, publish abroad their love. When they their hearts disgorge into the vat, until it's o'er-brimming, in his forge he shapes them into skillets. Skillets that he employs, tied to his greenish tail, to make a noise, a noise, all night long in the gale. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BREATH OF NIGHT by RANDALL JARRELL HOODED NIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS NIGHT WITHOUT SLEEP by ROBINSON JEFFERS WORKING OUTSIDE AT NIGHT by DENIS JOHNSON POEM TO TAKE BACK THE NIGHT by JUNE JORDAN COOL DARK ODE by DONALD JUSTICE POEM TO BE READ AT 3 A.M by DONALD JUSTICE ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT by BOB KAUFMAN A PORTFOLIO OF SKETCHES: THE LITTLE ANNUITANT by PAUL FORT |
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