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"Not with fine gold for a payment,

But with coin of sighs,

But with rending of raiment

And with weeping of eyes,

But with shame of stricken faces

And with strewing of dust,

For the sin of stately places

And lordship of lust."

Swinburne.

[Original]

CONTENTS

[ PREFACE. ]

[ CHAPTER I. ]

[ CHAPTER II. ]

[ CHAPTER III. ]

[ CHAPTER IV. ]

[ CHAPTER V. ]

[ CHAPTER VI. ]

[ CHAPTER VII. ]

[ CHAPTER VIII. ]

[ CHAPTER IX. ]

[ CHAPTER X. ]