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Pure, untouched, even as she came

She passed, unsullied and the same.

walked through fire, a hungry flame

Leapt up to lick and lap her o'er,

Then backward flung its head in shame,

Nor crisped the letters of her name,

Along the glowing ashen floor.

Spotless amid a motley crew

She passed the fiery ordeal through

Unhurt, begirt as with a fence

Of innocence.

Rh