I am the Devil of Notre Dame.
Salaam!
I dance my dance and I work my charm.
Salaam!
I cling to terror by the hair of her head,
I have taken Medusa to my bed.
I hug the Nightmare until she is dead.
Salaam!
Hush! By the Lord’s side I have stood--
Touch wood!
Before Orion rose out of the sky
Rose I!
Before the Hunter hunted the Ram
I am
I am the Demon of Socrates
On your knees!
The oldest of the Eumenides--
The she-ape of Mephistopheles--
The deadly wind in Dodona’s trees--
The poisonous smoke ’twixt the Pythia’s knees--
I am more terrible than these!
In Jotunheim, Loki I’m called--
Scald!
I am Asmódéus in Babylon.
In Egypt I am Osiris’ son
I am many and I am One.
At the Beginning I stood by the Lord
God!
At the last I shall be the Worm of the Pit
Uncurled
Who swallows Him and who swallows It
His World!