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Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.
Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.
Send them into everlasting Coventry.
Send them into everlasting Coventry.
I stew all night in my own grease.
I stew all night in my own grease.
When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.
When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment
'Tis I that call, remember Milo's end,
Wedged in that timber which he strove to rend.
'Tis I that call, remember Milo's end,
Wedged in that timber which he strove to rend.
My object all sublime
I shall achieve in time--
To let the punishment fit the crime.
My object all sublime
I shall achieve in time--
To let the punishment fit the crime.
Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for
in the image of God made he read more
Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for
in the image of God made he man.
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem on others.
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem on others.