Black Beetles in Amber

Hangman's hands laid in this tomb an

Imp of Satan's getting, whom an

Ancient legend says that woman

Never bore—he owed his birth

To Sin herself. From Hell to Earth

She brought the brat in secret state

And laid him at the Golden gate,

And they named him Henry Vrooman.

While with mortals here he stayed,

His father frequently he played.

Raised his birth-place and in other

Playful ways begot his mother.