Chapter II: Part I: The Woman Tempted Him

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Ah thy people, thy children, thy chosen, Marked cross from the womb and perverse! They have found out the secret to cozen The gods that constrain us and curse; They alone, they are wise, and none other; Give me place, even me, in their train, O my sister, my spouse, and my mother, Our Lady of Pain.--SWINBURNE.

THE WORKINGMAN'S PARADISE