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Aceldama
Aceldama (1898), PDF p. 25
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XXVII.
Read his mad rhymes ; their sickening savour taste ;
Bathe in their carnal and depraving stream :
Rise, glittering with the dew-drops of his dream,
And glow with exaltation ; to thy waist
Gird his gold belt ; the diamond settings gleam
With fire drawn far
Through the blue shuddering vault from some amazing
star.
XXVIII.
Aubrey attained in sleep when he dream this
Wonderful dream of women, tender child
And harlot, naked all, in thousands piled
On one hot writhing heap, his shameful kiss
To shudder through them, with lithe limbs defiled
To wade, to dip
Down through the mass, caressed by every purple lip.
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