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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


I am the Devil of Notre Dame.
Salaam!
I dance my dance and I work my charm.
Salaam!
I cling to terror by the hair of her head,
I have taken Medusa to my bed.
I hug the Nightmare until she is dead.
Salaam!
Hush! By the Lord's side I have stood --
Touch wood!
Before Orion rose out of the sky
Rose I!
Before the Hunter hunted the Ram
I am!
I am the Demon of Socrates,
On your knees!

The oldest of the Eumenides --
The she-ape of Mephistopheles --
The deadly wind in Dodona's trees --
The poisonous smoke 'twixt the Pythia's knees --
I am more terrible than these!

In Jotunheim, Loki I'm called --
Scald!
I am Asmodeus in Babylon.
In Egypt I am Osiris' son,
I am many and I am One.

At the beginning I stood by the Lord
God!
At the last I shall be the Worm of the Pit
Uncurled
Who swallows Him and who swallows It --
His World!





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