<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=348694" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Temptation of St. Anthony</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">-After a design by Félicien Rops-</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Cross, the Cross is tainted! O most Just,<br>Be merciful, and save me from this snare.<br>The Tempter lures me as I bend in prayer<br>Before the sacred symbol of our trust.<br>Yea, that most Holy of Holies feeds my lust,<br>The body of thy Christ; for, unaware,<br>Even as I kneel and pray, lo, She is there,<br>The temptress, she the wanton; and she hath thrust<br>The bruisèd body off, and all her own,<br>Shameless, she stretches on the cross, arms wide,<br>Limbs pendent, in libidinous mockery.<br>She draws mine eyes to her--Ah, sin unknown!<br>She smiles, she triumphs; but the Crucified<br>Falls off into the darkness with a cry.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Arthur+Symons">Arthur Symons</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=348694" data-title="The Temptation of St. Anthony de Arthur Symons" data-description="-After a design by Félicien Rops- The Cross, the Cross is tainted! O most Just, Be merciful, and save me from this snare. The Tempter lures me as I bend in prayer Before the sacred symbol of our trust. Yea, that most Holy of Holies feeds my lust..."></div> </div> </div>

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