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FREE LOVE.
Thy pleasant places laid waste;And where Thy sons and daughters trodIn reverence, adoring thee;Where Honor held her sway,Now wantonness runs riot through thy land."
"And love thou gavest,And sanctity of unity,The inviolable marriage vow,Lies trampled in the dust of falsity.False creeds that fill thy children's hearts,Then lust that bringeth forth all deadly thingsBy this adulteress. who standethEven at the doors of them who preach thy word."Thereat, the earth did quake,And One whose voice was likeThe rushing of many waters, spake."Let her who sitteth on the mountainPurple-clothed, perish in outer darkness.Blessed is he whose faith abideth.For to him who endureth to the endBehold! the crown."