Prison Verse
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I watched them mount, from floor to floor, Step by step, to the gallows door, And looking up to the vault of blue, I wondered if He were watching, too.
So still is the room you can hear each breath ! For this is the charnel-house of death.
The place is crowded from wall to wall All hope is past of a life s recall.
Rigid and gaunt the gallows stands, The pitiless work of human hands.
Over the trap-door, gaping loose Dangles the strangling, hempen noose Coarse and callous, the Hangman grim Steps ...to the task you bring to him; Hidden and shamed, the three Guards wait Each with a knife on a strand of Fate That none may know who the murderer be One strand is Death, and the strands are three.
Mutely restless, the throng stands by Waiting to see a brother die.
Down in the silent, idle mill A thousand men are breathless and still!
A thousand others, in cell and hall Wait! it is time for the trap to fall.
They led him out as the clock struck ten, Into the roped-off gallows pen, Parting a path that opened wide His arms strapped fast, and a priest beside; The mask of death on his graven face As he mounts the stair with unhalting pace.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
I watched them mount, from floor to floor, Step by step, to the gallows door, And looking up to the vault of blue, I wondered if He were watching, too.
So still is the room you can hear each breath ! For this is the charnel-house of death.
The place is crowded from wall to wall All hope is past of a life s recall.
Rigid and gaunt the gallows stands, The pitiless work of human hands.
Over the trap-door, gaping loose Dangles the strangling, hempen noose Coarse and callous, the Hangman grim Steps ...to the task you bring to him; Hidden and shamed, the three Guards wait Each with a knife on a strand of Fate That none may know who the murderer be One strand is Death, and the strands are three.
Mutely restless, the throng stands by Waiting to see a brother die.
Down in the silent, idle mill A thousand men are breathless and still!
A thousand others, in cell and hall Wait! it is time for the trap to fall.
They led him out as the clock struck ten, Into the roped-off gallows pen, Parting a path that opened wide His arms strapped fast, and a priest beside; The mask of death on his graven face As he mounts the stair with unhalting pace.
What to read after Prison Verse?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Royall Douglass to read onlineMoreLess
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