The Caliph said, “If this be so
I know not; but thy guile I know;
For how can I thy words believe,
When even God thou didst deceive?
A sea of lies art thou,—our sin,
Only a drop that sea within.”
“Not so,” said Satan: “I serve God,
His angel now, and now his rod.
In tempting, I both bless and curse,
Make good men better, bad men worse.