“Seraphs and saints with one great voice
Welcomed that soul that knew not fear.
Amazed to find it could rejoice,
Hell raised a hoarse, half-human cheer.”

—  John Davidson

"A Ballad of Hell", p. 85
Ballads and Songs (1894)

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Scottish poet 1857–1909

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