Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875, Smith, Jessie Willcox, 1863-1935, ill · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 67
, dank and foul,By the smoky town in its murky cowl; Foul and dank, foul and dank,By wharf and sewer and slimy bank;Darker and darker the farther I go,Baser and baser the richer I grow; Who dare sport with the sin-defiled?Shrink from me, turn from me, mother and child. Strong and free, strong and… … i 58 ] THE WATER-BABIES As I lose myself in the infinite main,Like a soul that has sinned and is pardoned again.Undefiled, for the undefiled;Play by me, bathe in me, mother and child. So Tom went down; and all the while he neversaw the Irishwoman going down behind him.
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