Percy Bysshe Shelley

“ Grinning applause, he just showed them his claws,
And they shrunk with affright from his ugly sight,
Whose work they delighted to do.
Satan poked his red nose into crannies so small
One would think that the innocents fair,
Poor lambkins! ”

“ As he skips, and prances, and flaps his wing,
As he sidles, leers, and twirls his sting,
And dares, as he is, to appear?
A statesman passed—alone to him,
The Devil dare his whole shape uncover,
To show each feature, every limb,
Secure of an unchanging lover. ”

“ Many Imps in attendance were there on the wing,
They flapped the pennon and twisted the sting,
Close by the very Throne.
Ah! ah! thought Satan, the pasture is good,
My Cattle will here thrive better than others ”