"it is the human earth we defile"
what is the poetic device used here?

is there more to the question.

Explanation:

the the file is a very prophetic word commonly known in the old English, crater like Lord Bryan in his poems of Mazeppa and destruction, used words and such, "we defile" morally defines emotional characteristics instead of a physical structuralized character. personally I think defile would define the way we do something rather than destroyed it seems bland and definitive towards the terroristic phrases and such as...

he used very much emotional and deep words and structure

the answer is love is powerful hop this

- "the die is cast; i have consented to return if we are not destroyed. thus are my hopes blasted by cowardice and indecision; i come back ignorant and disappointed. it requires more philosophy than i possess to bear this injustice with patience. i have lost my hopes of utility and glory; i have lost my friend."