The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1842-04-21
From the Spirit of the Times
THE WICKEDEST THING ALIVE.
(An Apaloguc from The Aratian MSs.)
By A. BRowNsoN sMALLcoTT..

an ApGtogac from The Ara6sdE MSS
~. By A. BRowNsoN sMALLcoTT..
The Evil One held high festival in the re-
gions of darkness and despair. 49,. .
Far sweled the shouts of revery; loud was
the clankiug Of the gobets of fire, and wild
the laughter of the feuds.
They encrcled their master with songs Of
joy and triumph, Raising his bIackened form
on high, and throwing aIoft his giant arms,
Beezebub spoke--he said:
"Brolhers lis The anniversary of our fall
from yonder heavens. Be it celebrated with
shou and song. Shout ye fends, shout!
irnm every rock Of FIRE, from every battlement
of fame, send up the shout---Long live the
power Of Evil and The Rule of Dea,ha Shou,P
The shout arose, and the fends grew mef'
ry in their joy.
BeeIzebub raised his goblet filled 10 the
brim with molten fame.
''Pledge me brothers! Pledge me! feel
the glory of conquest swelling my breast, and
here before ye all | swear, TO bestow this
goblet Of fire upon the feud who shall pros
duce before my throne the most wicked thing
in all created space or in uushapep chaos.
Brothers; search ye The earth, and ye broth
ers sweep the air, while ye my friends shall
dive into the depths beneath the earth, and ye
shall scale the stars that glimmer through
eternal space! Search. say! The crown Of
fire shall be his, who brings before my throne
the most wicked, hdeous, and depraved being
, or thing that lives! 1t is decreel"
And then spreading their wings, The fends
arose, and sped them on-their mission.
nno ooarohad iha ufbho1 ond ,bon L.
10 his masters throne the murderer. stained
10 brothers. blood; another came, and a
smile vas on his lips, for he had at his side
the parricide reeking in the mothers bloot
who gave him BIRTH Twas in vain.
"Ha. ha," laughed BeeIzebub-''',is il
vain! Ye are dulllo day my brothers! These
men.committeed crime in the sudden flush o
passionl They were not sinners from mere
love Of sinl Away and TO your searchl"
The fends again departed on their mission
A dark proud fend, bowed low before hil
masters throne, and caimd the crown OF fire
"rhe Grown. Of Fire is miue~ he. cried
"Lo Master, / looked not on the gibbet 70
the most wicked thing that liyesl Well i knew
that the greater the criminal, The more certain
the escape from punishment. | searched no
+ the prison, Hooked not under The axe of ih
guioiine! All, no. But diving down into tn
oceans depths, | dragged from its dunnes
caverns, pirate dyed in The blood of a thou
eand victims. He is the meauesl, most accure
ed thing alive. claim the crown Of ire"
Then raising the crown off his crow black
eDed by the Ihunder-scar, Beelzebus was
bout to place it. upon the head Of The fen
who stood beforehm with the pirate, when
! wild yell, more terrible than the widest cho.
raj song of Paudemonium broke upon hi
ear. High itrose! The roof ofburning bras
gave back the shout! Deep j, fell! And te
thousand thousand souls, floating in The dar
abyss re turned Ihe yeIll
On lhey came, a band Of 6ehds, and vii
laugh and shout they followed short, thc
fend, who grinned and chuckled as he poin
ed TO TO his prize.
"Thore stands The meanost thing alive!
he shrieked. "Master, the crown is min
Where think you lgot hint 10 the prison? N
On the gibbe2 Not bit of il, 10 the ocel
depths? All, no. Where did | secure hin
Listen, ye fends, while tell The story. | Ae
10 the wide and spacious ci,y--a crowd lin,
The sreots, a crowd of orphans brggared,
crowd Of mothers With their babes starving
, their breasts! Add around and wide and lo
buildings, built Of wbitest marble, last a
thick like ants upon mole hill swarmed I
muhilude! Sweet music broke upon the c
Tho music Cf orphans aroaus, The music