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MALZAH' SONG, FR. SAUL, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: There was a devil and his name was I
Last Line: O leave me, creator, tormentor, alone!
Subject(s): Evil; God; Saul (11th Century B.c.); Supernatural


There was a devil and his name was I;
From out Profundus he did cry:
He changed his note as he changed his coat,
And his coat was of a varying dye.
It had many a hue: in hell 'twas blue,
'Twas green i' the sea, and white i' the sky.
O, do not ask me, ask me why
'Twas green i' the sea, and white i' the sky;
Why from Profundus he did cry:
Suffice that he wailed with a chirruping note,
And quaintly cut was his motley coat.—

I have forgot the rest. Would I could sleep;
Would I could sleep away an age or so,
And let Saul work out his own weal or woe:
All that I ask is to be let alone.

O, to be let alone! to be let alone!
To laugh if I list; if I list to groan;
Despairing, yet knowing God's anger o'erblown.
O, why should God trouble me?
Why should he double my
Sorrow, pursuing me when he has thrown
Me out of his favor? O, why should he labor
Down lower ever thrusting me into hell's zone?
O let me alone! O let me alone!
O leave me, Creator, Tormentor, alone!





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