The thought alone makes shudder with disgust.

She gives herself even as the twilight enters

A fetid, vermin-ridden, mildewed dungeon,

A whiff of heaven in a life of hell.

Oh, have you, have you ever seen that woman,

That beautiful, that kind, mysterious woman?

She is our Lady of Infinite Mercy.

Blessed be our Lady of Infinite Mercy!

A PAGAN’S PRAYER

I sought the shrine of Eros and I prayed:—