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

And they weave to song, Haunting the House, its first blind deed of wrong, Spurning in turn that King's bed desecrate, Defiled, which paid a brother's sin with hate….

From The Agamemnon of Aeschylus Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes by Murray, Gilbert

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

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