Wherein fierce colors burnt and blent like eyes
Of seven fires, merciless as cruel:
The horror said, "God cursed them for their lies.
These are the seven devils of the wise,
And I am Satan!" And the prophet saw
How he might punish Mecca for its pride;
And, gazing on the Fiend, "Allah," he cried,
"Let them be free!" His word, like God's, was law.
Since then these seven devils have descended
From nation unto nation, past the ken