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…d that strongly. This false friend, this despicable creature, does not stop at mere lies and slander—he hires a jackal, a low lackey, to help him in his ghoulish task of desecrating the dead. That pamphlet* which shocked and disgusted us all was written for his filthy money. The penny-a-liner prostitute who wrote it has only our contempt—even blackmailers sometimes starve. It isof his master I must speak. This crawling creature (would we could hope him to be mere victim of Religious mania!) i vilifying his dead friend, seeking to right himself …
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…er neatly who betrayed. His shame and torture turned your leer To a snarl, your drab’s smile to a sneer; Quickened, when afterwards your help He needed, to a currish yelp. Now—-so the wheel of Fortune whirls !— Your kindly love for little girls And ardour for the fine old faith Makes all that past a wisp, a wraith. You patronise our Sunday schools, Pronounce on Grammar's darkest rules, Rebuke bad taste, irreverence, Heresy, humbug, and pretence. Your tepid verses come like boons To cheer Suburban afternoons; While Asquith, were he only wise, Wo…