Selby : a pathological morality / by Eppie Frazer.

  • Frazer, Eppie.
Date:
1899
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Selby : a pathological morality / by Eppie Frazer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    To the winds with pretence ! You divine my intent. Never woman was wooed But knew at a glance All the moods of the man Ere a word she had heard. Let us trifle no more I implore you. I offer my life. Be my wife. Marry you ? I am poor, it is true, and apostate to boot. Poverty need not be mentioned. I honour the dutiful, Brotherly thought for thy fellows that stinteth so sternly thine earning. Great is the soul that denies itself even the beautiful, Grieved at the want and the woe that on all sides oppress its discerning. But, not so brotherwise— Painfully otherwise— Rings thy religion. You are right. In religion we differ entirely. Still you cling to your Christ, And in him you can find Firmest friend, wisest brother, and loveliest lover, Your luminous teacher, your flawless example, your evident God ! While for me,
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