Purity Chapel - Humanity

I encountered a strange sight
While covered in the warm blanket of Summer.
I beheld a progressing fight
Of a man between wake and slumber.

I knelt by his shaking frame
And observed how splendid
His being exposed his shame-
His innocence had ended!

Thorns sprouted from the grime
Occupying his blackened heart.
Wretched Humanity, worn by crime-
From thee I must depart!

Purity Chapel

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