AWAY with legal murder! must the man Or woman in such fateful shadow born That soul is lost in sense, brute instincts ban All better thoughts, must these bear also scorn, Loathing and shame until we snatch their breath — The ancient, barbarous law — in bitterest death? Justice is hundred-eyed, with righteous care For slain and slayer both, though vengeance rave: Not ours to hurl them down to black despair, A death of horror and a sunless grave! By our own hope of mercy let us stay This legal murder — crime of crimes to-day! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WELCOME by THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS THE MAN HE KILLED by THOMAS HARDY AT MIDSUMMER by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON COLIN AND LUCY by THOMAS TICKELL TREES AND WAVES by AL-ISRA'ILI THE WEAVER'S APPRENTICE by AL-RUSAFI |