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Nostra Culpa - by Margaret Sackville

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We knew, this thing at least we knew, – the worth Of life: this was our secret learned at birth. We knew that Force the world has deified, How weak it is. We spoke not, so men died. Upon a world down-trampled, blood-defiled, Fearing that men should praise us less, we smiled. We knew the […]

From Macbeth - by William Shakespeare

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Is this a dagger which I see before me,
/ The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee.
/ I have thee…

The Witches - by Vicki Feaver

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The witches knew the truth – / smelling my wickedness / with huge hooked noses.

Conscience - by Walter Wingate

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‘Twas a bonnie day – and a day o’ dule
/ The day I plunkit the Sawbath schule !
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/ I wan’ert awa’…