The Christian Scholar By the Author of "The Cathedral" [i.e. Isaac Williams] |
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“Justice must overtake thee, thy red blood
Drink we, and thou alive shalt be our food,
To waste thee and drag down below
With the vengeance and the woe
Of the matricide;—
Meet warning-sign for him who sets aside
The God, the stranger, or his parents dear,
That retribution each shall bear.
Hades, great Judge, all mortal things shall right,
Who sitteth out of sight,
With watchful mind as with an iron pen
Noting down the deeds of men.”
Drink we, and thou alive shalt be our food,
To waste thee and drag down below
With the vengeance and the woe
Of the matricide;—
Meet warning-sign for him who sets aside
The God, the stranger, or his parents dear,
That retribution each shall bear.
Hades, great Judge, all mortal things shall right,
Who sitteth out of sight,
With watchful mind as with an iron pen
Noting down the deeds of men.”
| The Christian Scholar | |