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The gods
Grow angry with your patience. 'Tis their care,
And must be yours, that guilty men read more
The gods
Grow angry with your patience. 'Tis their care,
And must be yours, that guilty men escape not:
As crimes do grow, justice should rouse itself.
However boldly their warm blood was spilt,
Their life was shame, their epitaph was guilt;
And this read more
However boldly their warm blood was spilt,
Their life was shame, their epitaph was guilt;
And this they knew and felt, at least the one,
The leader of the hand he had undone,--
Who, born for better things, had madly set
His life upon a cast, which linger'd yet.
Guilt is abscent when the act is justified.
Guilt is abscent when the act is justified.
How glowing guilt exalts the keen delight!
How glowing guilt exalts the keen delight!
Men's minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
Men's minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
Sin with the multitude, and your responsibility and guilt are as great and as truly personal, as if you alone read more
Sin with the multitude, and your responsibility and guilt are as great and as truly personal, as if you alone had done the wrong
Guilt is anything you did and fear others to know about
Guilt is anything you did and fear others to know about
It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution
It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution
