Deuteronomy 27:17 ?
 
Tim Romano
 
 
Richard Edwards wrote:
>
> On a different but not unrelated topic: Geoffrey Hill's strange new
> book-length poem, *The Triumph of Love* (Houghton Mifflin 1998/Penguin
> 1999), contains the following lines in section (canto?) CXLVI:
>
> "Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's mark:
> Mosaic statute, to which Ruskin was steadfast.
> (If Pound had stood so, he might not have foundered.)"
>
> Does anyone have any idea what Hill is getting at here?
>