The Kingdom of Sin: A Poem

ORIGINAL SIN AND PREEXISTENCE 405

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The Kingdom of Sin The Kingdom of Sin lies low and gray A sunken isle in an open sea And the Ships of Life that pass that way, Blown by the gales of misery, Striking the edge of its hidden shores, Sink deep in the slime of their sodden floors. There are things down there that glide and creep, That have no place in the upper world. Sometimes, in the harried dreams of sleep, Their ghoulish shapes are alone unfurled But never an eye with its gaze undimmed Has seen such forms in the sunlight limned. And oh, the souls in those sunken caves! Souls that once in the open air Rode the swell of the dancing waves With hearts all bold and with forms all fair See them shrunken, and halt and gray, Crouching there from the light of day! No real joy lingers upon their lips No purpose high springs on pinion fleet But is smothered there by the gloom that drips (Through air that broods like an ebon sheet) An ooze from the dank of the prison walls To wither all where its poison falls! Josephine Spencer.