Wilfred Owen was such a goddamn genius. grieves richlier than here, I've never got over that phrase. And have never been able to read the Abraham and Isaac story without thinking of his version.
"Behold, A ram, caught in a thicket by its horns; Offer the Ram of Pride instead of him. But the old man would not so, but slew his son, And half the seed of Europe, one by one."
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branchandroot
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Date: 2013-11-11 05:32 pm (UTC)"Behold,
A ram, caught in a thicket by its horns;
Offer the Ram of Pride instead of him.
But the old man would not so, but slew his son,
And half the seed of Europe, one by one."