The sable presbyters approach
The avenue of penitence;
The young are red and pustular
Clutching piaculative pence.
The avenue of penitence;
The young are red and pustular
Clutching piaculative pence.
Under the penitential gates
Sustained by staring Seraphim
Where the soils of the devout
Burn invisible and dim.
Sustained by staring Seraphim
Where the soils of the devout
Burn invisible and dim.
Along the garden-wall the bees
With hairy bellies pass between
The staminate and pistilate,
Blest office of the epicene.
With hairy bellies pass between
The staminate and pistilate,
Blest office of the epicene.
Sweeney shifts from ham to ham
Stirring the water in his bath.
The masters of the subtle schools
Are controversial, polymath.
Stirring the water in his bath.
The masters of the subtle schools
Are controversial, polymath.
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