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Beside A Monstrous Jewish Whore I Lay

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Beside a monstrous Jewish whore I lay     One night, we were two corpses side by side,     And came to dream beside this hired bride     Of beauty my desire had turned away.     I saw again her native majesty,     Her gaze empowered with a strength and grace,     Her hair a perfumed casque around her face,     An image that revived the love in me.     For I would fervently have kissed your flesh,     From your sweet feet up to your sable hair     Unrolled the treasure of a deep caress,     If on some evening, with a simple tear,     o queen of cruelty! you had devised     To dim the brilliance of those soulless eyes.

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