and so -- very slowly -- I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and free myself of the eye forever.

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The notion of "an eye for an eye" is usually cited or held up as typical of the harsh and cruel standards of the vengeful Old Testament God.

以眼还眼“的概念常被引用，被推崇为带有报复,心理的《旧约》上帝所制定的典型标准，严酷而残忍。

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Here it is; it's in your anthology as well: I made my song a coat Covered with embroideries Out of old mythologies From heel to throat; But the fools caught it, Wore it in the world's eye As though they'd wrought it.

你们选集里有这首：,我为我的歌儿缝就,一件长长的外套,上面缀满剪自古老,神话的花边刺绣；,但蠢人们把它抢去，穿上在人前炫示,俨然出自他们之手。

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