Thou stood’st before the adversary’s throne

And saw’st what follows his activities;

So for thine office thou art well prepared.

Capesius:

He who hath viewed the adversary’s realm

As powers of fate permitted me to do,

He knows that ‘good’ and ‘evil’ are but words

Which mankind scarce can understand aright.

Who speaks of Lucifer as wholly bad

Might also say that fire is evil too,