He must needs go that the devil drives.
All's Well that Ends Well, Act i. Sc. 3. SHAKESPEARE.
The prince of darkness is a gentleman.
King Lear, Act iii. Sc. 4. SHAKESPEARE.
The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.
Hamlet, Act ii. Sc. 2. SHAKESPEARE.
And oftentimes, to win us to our harm,
The instruments of darkness tell us truths;
Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.
Macbeth, Act i. Sc. 3. SHAKESPEARE.
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
Paradise and the Peri. T. MOORE.
DEW.
Dewdrops, Nature's tears, which she
Sheds in her own breast for the fair which die.
The sun insists on gladness; but at night,
When he is gone, poor Nature loves to weep.
Festus: Sc. Water and Wood. Midnight. P.J. BAILEY.
Dewdrops are the gems of morning,
But the tears of mournful eve!
Youth and Age. S.T. COLERIDGE.
The dews of the evening most carefully shun,—
Those tears of the sky for the loss of the sun.
Advice to a Lady in Autumn. EARL OF CHESTERFIELD.
With coronet of fresh and fragrant flower;
The same dew, which sometimes on the buds
Was wont to swell, like round and orient pearls,
Stood now within the pretty flow'rets' eyes,
Like tears that did their own disgrace bewail.
Midsummer Night's Dream, Act iv. Sc. 1. SHAKESPEARE.