defiled

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In a Brighton coffee shop, I meet Paul Carter, veteran of the 80s tape-trading scene and guitarist and vocalist in Thus Defiled, who’ve spent a quarter of a century rigorously guarding their independence.

From The Guardian • Nov. 7, 2017

"Defiled with honourable dust they roll, Still breathing strife, and unsubdued of soul; Again they rage, again to combat rise,"— For one must win; these cannot share the prize.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, June 25, 1892 by Various

Son of the Father, elder brother mine, See thy poor brother's plight; See how he stands Defiled and feeble, hanging down his hands!

From A Book of Strife in the Form of The Diary of an Old Soul by MacDonald, George

My hands were stained with marks of toil, Defiled with dust of earth; And I my work did ofttimes soil, And render little worth.

From Quiet Talks on Power by Gordon, S. D. (Samuel Dickey)

Defiled is the temple, Its beauty laid low, On God’s holy altar The embers faint glow, By love yet rekindled, A flame may be fanned; Oh, quench not the Spirit, the Lord is at hand!”

From Secret Power or the Secret of Success in Christian Life and Work by Moody, Dwight Lyman