Seven devils in my head
Hurry me from bed to bed.
In this bed I lie awake
In the embraces of a snake.
In this bed the lions keep
Watch around me while I sleep.
In this bed the angels ten
Call on Mary Magdalen.
In this bed the nightmares creep
Out of the arms of sudden sleep.
On this bed the spiders spin
Webs to catch the souls that sin.
On this bed the fires that dwell
In hell have risen out of hell.
On his bed I hear the toll
That bids me render up my soul.
O seven devils on my bed,
Save me from the living dead!
