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He fell as doth the tempter ever fall,

Even in the gaining of his loathsome end;

God doth not work as man works, but makes all

The crooked paths of ill to goodness tend;

Let Him judge Margaret! If to be the thrall

Of love, and faith too generous to defend

Its very life from him she loved, be sin,

What hope of grace may the seducer win?