 Even beasts must be with justice slain; Else men are made their deodands. Though they should wash their guilty hands In this warm life-blood which doth part From thine, and wound me to the heart, Yet could they not be clean; their stain Is dyed in such...  Poetical Works: With Memoir of the Author - Page 45by Andrew Marvell - 1870 - 208 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 pages
...we use in vain ; Even beasts must be with justice slain, — • Else men are made their deodands. rose and fell On the loyal winds that loved it well...good-night. Barbara Frietchie's work is o'er, And the oner for their sin. Inconstant Sylvio, when yet I had not found him counterfeit, One morning (I remember... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1880 - 842 pages
...nothing may we iise in vain ; Even beasts must be-with justice slain ; Else men are made their deodands. Though they should wash their guilty hands In this...heart, Yet could they not be clean ; their stain, 1$ dyed in such a purple grain, There is not such another in The world to offer for their sin. Inconstant... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1880 - 582 pages
...nothing may we use in vain ; Even beasts must be with justice slain, Else men are made their deodands. Though they should wash their guilty hands In this warm life-blood which doth part Prom thine, and wound me to the heart, Yet could they not be clean, their stain Is dyed in such a purple... | |
 | English poets - 1889 - 596 pages
...nothing may we use in vain ; Ev'n beasts must be with justice slain ; Else men are made their deodands. Though they should wash their guilty hands In this...to offer for their sin. Inconstant Sylvio, when yet l had not found him counterfeit, One morning, I remember well. ANDREW MARVEL. Tied in this silver chain... | |
 | Edward Arber - 1899 - 338 pages
...nothing may we use in vain ! E'en beasts must be with justice slain; Else men are made their deodands! Though they should wash their guilty hands In this...such another in The world, to offer for their sin! 76 Unconstant SYLVIO, when yet I had not found him counterfeit, One morning, (I remember well!) Tied... | |
 | Edward Arber - 1899 - 336 pages
...nothing may we use in vain ! E'en beasts must be with justice slain; Else men are made their deodands! Though they should wash their guilty hands In this...such another in The world, to offer for their sin! 76 Unconstant SYLVIO, when yet I had not found him counterfeit, One morning, (I remember well!) Tied... | |
 | Henry Coppée - 1900 - 524 pages
...nothing may we use in vain : Even beasts must be with justice slain, Else men are made their deodands. Though they should wash their guilty hands In this...Sylvio, when yet I had not found him counterfeit, One morning—I remember well— Tied in this silver chain and bell, Gave it to me—nay, and I know What... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1901 - 1080 pages
...must be with justice slain, Else men are made their deodands. Though they should wash their guilty h, The sun sets, the shadow flies, The gourd consumes,...Like to the grass that's newly sprung, Or like a tlu-ir sin. Inconstant Sylvio, when yet I had not found him counterfeit, One morning (I remember well)... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - 1909 - 892 pages
...nothing may we use in vain; Even beasts must be with justice slain; Else men are made their deodands. Though they should wash their guilty hands In this...such another in The world, to offer for their sin. Unconstant Sylvio, when yet I had not found him counterfeit, One morning (I remember well), Tied in... | |
 | Alice Meynell - 1923 - 260 pages
...nothing may we use in vain; Even beasts must be with justice slain, Else men are made their deodands. Though they should wash their guilty hands In this...such another in The world, to offer for their sin. Unconstant Sylvio, when yet I had not found him counterfeit, One morning (I remember well), Tied in... | |
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