Living
Casuistry
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Living
Our brother we believe we must not slay;
His blood we may not spill, his tears we may.
Alas! in this wide world how few abstain
From seizing pleasure thro' another's pain.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “Casuistry.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/780/.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “Casuistry.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/780/.
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