Behold the kingdom of the infernal fire
The land of the cruel majesty of war
See the barren landscape of despair
Where clouds of thunder roll over the ruins
In the mayhem of endless carnage’s nights
The black victory of death
As the kingdom of eternal sorrow
Slept on the arms of forever
The fallen archangel
Possessor of the command of the heavenly host
Call him the Devil or Satan
His children are sin and death
A black tower rises afar
In the ruins of that which once was life
I gaze into the eternity of darkness
And in the distance, I see the flames of Hell
And as I walked among the fires of hell
Delighted with the enjoyments of genius
Which to angels look like torment and insanity…
(Parts adopted from “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell” by William Blake, 1790)