Meek tribute of the milk and wool, and set

Fast trust upon the hands that murder them.

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“Nor, spake he, shall one wash his spirit clean

By blood; nor gladden gods, being good, with blood;[288]

Nor bribe them, being evil: nay, nor lay

Upon the brow of innocent bound beasts

One hair’s weight of that answer all must give

For all things done amiss or wrongfully,

Alone—each for himself—reckoning with that