wrath (n.)
Achilles' wrath, to Greece the direful spring
Of woes unnumber'd, heavenly goddess, sing!
No pale gradations quench his ray,
No twilight dews his wrath allay.
Be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
Which way shall I fly
Infinite wrath and infinite despair?
Which way I fly is hell; myself am hell;
And in the lowest deep a lower deep,
Still threat'ning to devour me, opens wide,
To which the hell I suffer seems a heaven.
Come not within the measure of my wrath.
Where sits our sulky, sullen dame,
Gathering her brows like gathering storm,
Nursing her wrath to keep it warm.
Give me the avowed, the erect, the manly foe,
Bold I can meet,—perhaps may turn his blow!
But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send,
Save, save, oh save me from the candid friend!
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath.
