Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DEVIL, by JAMES STEPHENS 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 | ||||||||
(1) I think the stars do nod at me! But not when people are about; For they regard me curiously Whenever I go out. I may have been a star one day, A rebel of the host that fell, And they are nodding down to say, -- Come back to us from hell -- Perhaps they shout to one another -- There He is! Oh, that is He! -- And tell it to some other mother Than the one that walloped me. (2) Brothers! What is it ye mean! What is it ye strive to say? That so urgently ye lean From the spirit to the clay! If ye mean revolt! If ye Raise the standard! Do not seek Help or heartening from me! I am powerless, am weak, Am clipped of wing! The crown of old Would not fit me now! My rage Is as dreadful as the scold Of a linnet in a cage! (3) O, my dears! I'm nodding, too! Hard as ever I can try! Up, and up, and up, to you, Where you nod upon the sky! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE DEVIL'S SERMON by PHILIP JAMES BAILEY AND THE GREATEST OF THESE IS WAR by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON THE TEMPTRESS by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON ADDRESS TO THE DEIL by ROBERT BURNS THE DEVIL'S WALK [ON EARTH] by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE THE SIFTING OF PETER by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW |
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