“Just my vengeance complete,
The man sprang to his feet,
Stood erect, caught at God's skirts, and prayed!
So, I was afraid!”

—  Robert Browning

Instans Tyrannus, vii.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

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English poet and playwright of the Victorian Era 1812–1889

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