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[LUTHER—DE DÆMONIBUS]
The devils are in woods, in waters, in wildernesses, and in dark pooly places, ready to hurt and prejudice people, etc.—Doctoris Martini Lutheri Colloquia Mensalia—(Translated by Captain Henry Bell. London, 1652, p. 370).
'The angel's like a flea,
The devil is a bore;—'
No matter for that! quoth S. T. C.,
I love him the better therefore.
Yes! heroic Swan, I love thee even when thou gabblest like a goose; for thy geese helped to save the Capitol.
1826. First published in Lit. Rem., 1839, iv. 52. First collected P. and D. W., 1877, ii. 367.