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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AD ASTRA: 82, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE
First Line: We judge from our own standpoint-that of sin!
Last Line: Nor weigh the mind, its motive or its bent.
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Justice
First Line: We judge from our own standpoint-that of sin!
Last Line: Nor weigh the mind, its motive or its bent.
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Justice
We judge from our own standpoint—that of sin!
Transgressors, even our weightiest judgments err;
Whilst our awards and punishments begin
With Justice, which we but too oft defer,
With Laws, whose highest aim is to deter.
We may not judge the criminal intent,
Nor weigh the mind, its motive or its bent.
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