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THE NEW DANGER
SONNET
This is the danger, lest in clash of sex
Battling with sex, the nobler issues sink
Wholly from sight. We stand upon the brink
Of deadliest peril. Satan would perplex,
Confuse and harass, horrify and vex,
Till Man and Woman lose the power to think
Clearly, or in despairing madness drink
The senses' cup, whose after-flavour wrecks.
Battling with sex, the nobler issues sink
Wholly from sight. We stand upon the brink
Of deadliest peril. Satan would perplex,
Confuse and harass, horrify and vex,
Till Man and Woman lose the power to think
Clearly, or in despairing madness drink
The senses' cup, whose after-flavour wrecks.
No chant of conquering Science counts for aught,
No victory over starlit space and time,
If Woman's true sweet self be changed indeed,—
If She be harnessed to a lower creed
Than that which through Christ's Resurrection taught
That body and soul are deathless and sublime.
No victory over starlit space and time,
If Woman's true sweet self be changed indeed,—
If She be harnessed to a lower creed
Than that which through Christ's Resurrection taught
That body and soul are deathless and sublime.
1904.
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