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."