Justice
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Publication Information
Published in Oak and Ivy (1893)
Performed by Herbert Woodward Martin
Musical Settings
Gary Bachlund, Justice (medium voice or high voice and piano) (January 2010)
Recommended Citation
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, "Justice" (1893). Dunbar Music Archive. 131.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/dunbar/131
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Enthroned upon the mighty truth,
Within the confines of the laws,
True Justice seeth not the man,
But only hears his cause.
Unconscious of his creed or race,
She cannot see, but only weighs;
For Justice with unbandaged eyes
Would be oppression in disguise.