<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=409975" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Martyr</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">(Indicative of the Passion of the People<br>on the 15th Day of April, 1865)<br>* * *</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Good Friday was the day<br>Of the prodigy and crime,<br>When they killed him in his pity,<br>When they killed him in his prime<br>Of clemency and calm-<br>When with yearning he was filled<br>To redeem the evil-willed,<br>And, though conqueror, be kind;<br>But they killed him in his kindness,<br>In their madness and their blindness,<br>And they killed him from behind.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">There is sobbing of the strong,<br>And a pall upon the land;<br>But the People in their weeping<br>Bare the iron hand;<br>Beware the People weeping<br>When they bare the iron hand.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He lieth in his blood-<br>The father in his face;<br>They have killed him, the Forgiver-<br>The Avenger takes his place,<br>The Avenger wisely stern,<br>Who in righteousness shall do<br>What the heavens call him to,<br>And the parricides remand;<br>For they killed him in his kindness,<br>In their madness and their blindness,<br>And his blood is on their hand.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">There is sobbing of the strong,<br>And a pall upon the land;<br>But the People in their weeping<br>Bare the iron hand;<br>Beware the People weeping<br>When they bare the iron hand.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Herman+Melville">Herman Melville</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=409975" data-title="The Martyr de Herman Melville" data-description="(Indicative of the Passion of the People on the 15th Day of April, 1865) * * * Good Friday was the day Of the prodigy and crime, When they killed him in his pity, When they killed him in his prime Of clemency and calm- When with yearning he was f..."></div> </div> </div>

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