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THE SOUL OF OSIRIS. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
“ A RELIGIOUS BRINGING-UP.” 
 
 
ITH this our “ Christian ” parents marred our
 
youth : 
 
“ One thing is certain of our origin. 
 We are born Adam’s bastards into sin, 
Servants to Death and Time’s devouring tooth. 
God, damning most, had this one thought of ruth 
 To save some dozens—Us :  and by the skin 
 Of teeth to save us from the devil’s gin— 
Repentance !  Blood !  Prayer !  Sackcloth !  This is 
truth.” 
 
Our parents answer jesting Pilate so. 
 I am the meanest servant of the Christ : 
But, were I heathen, cannibal, profane, 
 My cruel spirit had not sacrificed 
My children to this Moloch.  I am plain ? 
“ Blasphemer ! ”  “ Damned ! ” ?  Undoubtedly—I know ! 
 
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