You must not take, his chattels, nor his life;
Break these decrees, for damage you must pay;
These you must reverence, and the rest—you may."
Law was design'd to keep a state in peace;
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To punish robbery, that wrong might cease;
To be impregnable—a constant fort,
To which the weak and injured might resort.
But these perverted minds its force employ,
Not to protect mankind, but to annoy;