Are seen in dreams from God!

He told how murderers walk the earth

Beneath the curse of Cain—

With crimson clouds before their eyes,

And flames about their brain:

For blood has left upon their souls

Its everlasting stain!

"And well,'' quoth he, "I know, for truth,

Their pangs must be extreme,—

Woe, woe, unutterable woe,—