Talk:Address to the Devil
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Vote for Deletion
editThis article survived a Vote for Deletion. The discussion can be found here. -Splash 00:34, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
Blake's Tyger
editIn the absence of any citation for this:
- William Blake adapted Address to the Deil in his poem The Tyger published in Songs of Experience published in 1794.
...I've excised it from the page. Feel free to restore with citations if you have them.Phil PH (talk) 10:13, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
Dubious interpretation
editThe poem is also skeptical of the Devil's existence and of his intentions to punish sinners for all eternity as in the stanza.
Hear me, auld Hangie, for a wee, An’ let poor damned bodies be; I’m sure sma’ pleasure it can gie, Ev’n to a deil, To skelp an’ scaud poor dogs like me, An’ hear us squeel!
That verse doesn't appear to show any skepticism that the devil evists, nor that he intends to punish sinners. Rather, it seems to be skeptical that he would enjoy doing so, and is pleading with him therefore to stop doing so. Iapetus (talk) 08:33, 29 October 2021 (UTC)