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'Twas the shrunken soul of the traitor	A
That whined in a coign of the dark	B
And the fiends were aroused from slumber	A
When Cerberus began to bark	B
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'Methought that I spoke' said Julian	C
Who betrayed God's own demesne	C
'And I ' said the ghost of Caesar	A
'Heard the dying groans of the slain '	-
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'Twas the voice ' said the high priest Caiaphas	D
'That uttered those words of awe	E
'Ye have given a tithe of anise	D
And broken the weightier law '	-
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Then cried out Judas Iscariot	F
Who fled on the wings of the wind	G
'Some one is counting the silver	A
And wailing because I sinned '	-
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But spake up the seven devils	D
That vexed Mary Magdalene	C
'The days of our bondage are over	A
We are no longer unclean '	-
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'Moreover the voice that called us	D
Said 'Enter the souls of men	C
For Belial rules this cycle	H
And Mammon has triumphed again ''	-
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Then the horrent jowls of Moloch	I
Wrinkled into a grin	C
And he growled 'tis the soul of the traitor	A
Open and let him in '	-
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'Twas the shrunken soul of the traitor	A
Like a mouse at the furnace door	J
That stood in the haze of hades	D
And trembled within its roar	J
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Then uprose the form of Satan	C
And taking a crucible saith	K
'The shrunken soul of the traitor	A
Shall suffer the second death '	-
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'Come anarchs of ancient cities	D
And captains of torch and sword	L
For hell hath never received one	C
By God and fiends so abhorred '	-
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Then the shrunken soul of the traitor	A
Pleaded that he might live	M
'Ye have borne with Phillip and Herod	N
And my sin ye ought to forgive '	-
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But Phillip came forward and mocked him	O
'The laws of God may atone	C
The crime of destroying a country	P
Unless he destroys his own '	-
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So the horrent jowls of Moloch	I
Wrinkled into a grin	C
And the crucible being ready	P
They threw the renegade in	C
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And fed the fire underneath it	Q
Until in the crucible lay	R
A drop of green bitter water	A
That smelled of death and decay	R
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Then Satan siezed hold of the crucible	H
And drained the drop on the fire	A
And a flame leaped up to the heavens	D
And instantly did expire	S
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And there in the darkness that followed	T
The arch fiends with broken breath	K
Fled far from the place of horror	A
And the sight of the second death	K

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