40 THE PERFECT REASON

King Jesus hung upon the Cross, And have ye sinned?—quo’ He,— Nay, Dysmas, ’tis no honest loss When Satan cogs the dice ye toss, And thou shalt sup with Me,— Sedebis apud angelos, Quia amavisti! At Heaven’s Gate was Heaven’s Queen, And have ye sinned?—quo’ She,— And would I hold him worth a bean That durst not seek, because unclean, My cleansing charity?— Speak thou, that wast the Magdalene, Quia amavisti!