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Rh As he swallowed down the bacon he wished himself a Jew

For the sake of another crime more:

For Sinning itself is but half a recreation,

Unless it ensures most infallible Damnation.

25.

But he turned him about, for he heard a sound

Which even his ear found faults in;

For whirling above—underneath—and around—

Were his fairest Disciples Waltzing!

And quoth he—"though this be—the premier pas to me,

Against it I would warn all—

Should I introduce these revels among my younger devils,

They would all turn perfectly carnal:

And though fond of the flesh—yet I never could bear it

Should quite in my kingdom get the upper hand of Spirit."

26.

The Devil (but 't was over) had been vastly glad

To see the new Drury Lane,

And yet he might have been rather mad

To see it rebuilt in vain;

And had he beheld their "Nourjahad,"

Would never have gone again: