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[LUTHER--DE DÆMONIBUS]

The devils are in woods, in waters, in wildernesses, and in dark pooly places, ready to hurt and prejudice people, etc.--Doctoris Martini Lutheri Colloquia Mensalia--(Translated by Captain Henry Bell. London, 1652, p. 370).

'The angel's like a flea, The devil is a bore;--' No matter for that! quoth S. T. C., I love him the better therefore.

Yes! heroic Swan, I love thee even when thou gabblest like a goose; for thy geese helped to save the Capitol.

1826. First published in Lit. Rem., 1839, iv. 52. First collected P. and D. W., 1877, ii. 367.