First Line: ONE TO DESTROY IS MURDER BY THE LAW Last Line: WAR'S GLORIOUS ART, AND GIVES IMMORTAL FAME. Subject(s): CRIME & CRIMINALS; FAME; INJUSTICE; MURDER; SOCIAL PROTEST; WAR; REPUTATION;
One to destroy is murder by the law; And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe; To murder thousands takes a specious name, War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame.