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The Devil's Thoughts
"The Devil's Thoughts" is a satirical poem in common metre by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, published in 1799, and expanded by Robert Southey in 1827 and retitled "The Devil's Walk". The narrative describes the Devil going walking and enjoying the sight of the various sins of mankind. The poem was imitated by Lord Byron in "The Devil's Drive", and by Percy Bysshe Shelley in " The Devil's Walk".B. Dinah, ed. 2009. Textual history The poem was first published in the ''Morning Post'', on 6 September 1799. It was included in the 1828, 1829, and 1834 editions of Coleridge's poetry. It was printed separately as ''The Devil's Walk, a Poem, By Professor Porson, London, Marsh and Miller'', &c., in 1830. In 1827, by way of repudiating Richard Porson's alleged authorship of ''The Devil's Thoughts'', Southey expanded the ''Devil's Thoughts'' of 1799 into a poem of fifty-seven stanzas entitled ''The Devil's Walk''. This version was printed in Southey's ''Poetical Works'', 1838, Vol. 3. pp. 87â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil's Walk - And Backwards And Forwards He Switch'd His Long Tail,
''The'' is a grammatical Article (grammar), article in English language, English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the Most common words in English, most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
