She’d confessed her sins. Meekly she knelt,
To accept whate’er penance was dealt,
On the cold altar stairs,
For the priest’s mournful prayers,
Or the kiss of the cane, or his belt.
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Penitent
Naked, trembling, when told to, she knelt,
Drunken on the emotions she felt;
Fear, pride, guilt and joy;
Would tonight he employ
His bare hand or the cane or the belt?