Then to side with Truth is noble when we share her wretched crust, Ere her cause bring fame and profit, and 't is prosperous to be just; Then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands aside, Doubting in his abject spirit, till his Lord is crucified.
James Russell LowellLife is the jailer, death the angel sent to draw the unwilling bolts and set us free.
James Russell Lowell