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White Stains
White Stains (1898), PDF p. 44
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CONTRA CONJUGIUM T. B. B.
I will sepulchre in black walls
Of Hell, burn up and hide from me
’ Neath the blind sea !
“ Vipers ! eternal fire shall quench
Your prayers and curses, hell shall hold
The vapourous vomit of your stench
Wrung from foul souls, no longer bold
But cowed and cold.
“ Vipers ! his folly I will heal,
Your sin I will not put away ;
My Christ is vain for you ; appeal
In vain to his shed blood ; nor pray
I will not slay.
“ I will most utterly destroy
Your souls from off the earth ; your power
Sealed by your Satan I will cloy
With subtle strength ; your church shall flower
No further hour.
“ Because ye set your hands to this,
Blaspheming nature and my name,
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