The Devil smil’d, for he headed it
“A Serious Accident.”
A speech of the Marquis of L——’s came next
But it was beyond endurance;
So the Devil took pity and headed it
“A Melancholy Occurence.”
But then the young Devil bethought himself,
He might in an error fall;
For a speech such as that, he clearly saw,
Requir’d no head at all.