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It was a sea-chest, legacy from her roving father, who had given it to her mother, and often enough had Aunt Senath expressed scruples about allowing her to keep a gift obtained so godlessly.

From The White Riband Or, a Young Female's Folly by Jesse, F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson)

The people awaken   Which godlessly slept; Their palaces shaken,   Their offences unwept!

From Poems by Hugo, Victor