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More than 100 years ago these lines were written (by an unknown author) to accompany a drawing of "His Satanic Majesty":

"This is he, with horns and hoof,
The parsons call the devil;
They tell us he lives in a sultry place
Where ghosts and imps all revel.

They say that he wears a great long tail,
And carries a three- pronged fork,
That he sometimes leaves his sultry home,
And through the earth doth walk.

They say he can assume with ease
The garb of an angel bright,
And then, for a change, he takes the form
Of a roaring lion at night:

That he's power to act and do as he likes,
Be in fifty places at once;
And that to fulfil his evil designs,
Can be wise as a sage, or a dunce."