Nay, not with thee, thou crimson courtesan[33], 880 Robed in the horrid hue of countless crimes! Fierce dragon's maw, thrice-cruel murderess, Thy hands a-reek with blood of innocence, With blood of prophets, blood of priests and kings, Whose martyred souls sue vengeance, judgment-sworn! Vengeance on thee, thou slaughterer of saints, Vengeance on him, thy sceptered paramour, Whose princes ten (while Mammon's host shall wail), Loathing where once they loved all lustfully, And lived, as thou hast lived, deliciously, 890 When found no more God's wheat 'mid Satan's tares, When thou art saltless, saintless, savorless, When thou art ripened unto rottenness, Shall give thy crumbling body to be burned. Nay, Anti-Christ, presuming tyranny, Never with thee, usurping power of sin! Plotting to sway Jehovah's sovereignty, To rear thy throne where His alone shall stand; Perdition, warring 'gainst the Saints of God, And overcoming till the Judgment sits[34], 900 When swift-winged morn shall overtake the night, And glory lift the gloom[35] of centuries. Meanwhile the mission of the Moonlike One[36], Brooding above the waters of the world, Stronger than storms, mightier than wind or wave, Moving on mortal seas, on human souls; Dynamic impulse of Divinity, Impelling to all action[37] wise, sublime. That high Ambassador of Elohim, The Spirit Messenger Omnipotent, 910 Declare His goings-forth, His sendings tell. Ye patriarchs and prophets of old time! Ye seers and bards of sacred Israel! Elect of God, earth-wandering witnesses, Sowers on goodly and on stony ground! Souls mercy-sent, man's erring steps to win From folly's paths of wickedness and strife, To wisdom's way of purity and peace! Shepherds to fold and feed a wolf-torn flock, Holding the hallowed keys that loose and bind! 920 Tell me--are ye alone truth's harbingers? Are ye alone forerunners of the Light?