DOI article:
Garnett, Richard: Justice
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.27805#0181
By Richard Garnett, LL.D., C.B.
Justice
When Deities from earth departure made,
Justice I marked in attitude to soar ;
No bandage veiled her eyes ; no blade she bore ;
Nor from her hand her wonted balance swayed,
“ Goddess,” I cried, with tongue and heart dismayed,
“ Bereft of thee and thine, how any more
Shall Grief be stilled ? or Faith with Hope adore ?
Wrong be annulled ? or Benefit repaid ?”
“ Fear not,” she said, “ though far I seem to wend
Who omnipresent am, and whose award
Hath course by automatic Law sublime ;
My bandage blinds the vulgar ; on my sword
The malefactor falls ; my scales depend
In nicest balance from the hand of Time.”
Justice
When Deities from earth departure made,
Justice I marked in attitude to soar ;
No bandage veiled her eyes ; no blade she bore ;
Nor from her hand her wonted balance swayed,
“ Goddess,” I cried, with tongue and heart dismayed,
“ Bereft of thee and thine, how any more
Shall Grief be stilled ? or Faith with Hope adore ?
Wrong be annulled ? or Benefit repaid ?”
“ Fear not,” she said, “ though far I seem to wend
Who omnipresent am, and whose award
Hath course by automatic Law sublime ;
My bandage blinds the vulgar ; on my sword
The malefactor falls ; my scales depend
In nicest balance from the hand of Time.”