This book-taught man to man's first foe profess'd
Defiance stern, and hate that knew not rest;
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He held that Satan, since the world began,
In every act had strife with every man;
That never evil deed on earth was done,
But of the acting parties he was one:
The flattering guide to make ill prospers clear;
To smooth rough ways the constant pioneer;
The ever-tempting, soothing, softening power,