 God's own truth — but they kill'd him, they kill'd him for robbing the mail. They hang'd him in chains for a show — we had always borne a good name — To be hang'd for a thief — and then put away — isn't that enough shame?  Ballads and Other Poems - Page 18by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1880 - 184 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Readers - 1880 - 404 pages
...hang'd for a thief — and then put away — isn't that enough shame ? Dust to dust — low down— let us hide ! but they set him so high That all the ships of the world could stare at him, passing by. God '11 pardon the hell-black raven and horrible fowls of the air, But not the black heart of the lawyer... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1882 - 656 pages
...for a thief — and then put away — is n't that enough shame 1 Dust to dust — low down — let us hide ! but they set him so high That all the ships of the world could stare at him, passing by. God 'll pardon the hell-black raven and horrible fowls of the air, But not the black heart of the lawyer... | |
 | English poets - 1883 - 364 pages
...always borne a good name— To be hang'd for a thief—and then put away—isn't that enough shame ? Dust to dust—low down—let us hide! but they set...of the lawyer who kill'd him and hang'd him there. And the jailer forced me away. I had bid him my last goodbye; They had fasten'd the door of his cell.... | |
 | English poetry - 1883 - 378 pages
...always borne a good name— To be hang'd for a thief—and then put away—isn't that enough shame ? Dust to dust—low down—let us hide! but they set...of the lawyer who kill'd him and hang'd him there. And the jailer forced me away. I had bid him my last goodbye; They had fasten'd the door of his cell.... | |
 | English poetry - 1883 - 378 pages
...hang'd for a thief — and then put away — isn't that enough shame ? Dust to dust — low down — let us hide ! but they set him so high That all the ships...of the lawyer who kill'd him and hang'd him there. And the jailer forced me away. I had bid him my last goodbye ; They had fasten'd the door of his cell.... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1883 - 740 pages
...hang'd for a thief — and then put away — isn't that enough shame ? Dust to dust — low down — let us hide ! but they set him so high That all the ships of the world could stare a[ him, passing by. God'll pardon the hell-black raven and horrible fowls of the air, But not the black... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1884 - 194 pages
...hang'd for a thief — and then put away — isn't that enough shame ? Dust to dust — low down — let us hide ! but they set him so high That all the ships...of the lawyer who kill'd him and hang'd him there. And the jailer forced me away. I had bid him my last goodbye ; They had fasten'd the door of his cell.... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1884 - 412 pages
...thief— and then pnt away— isn't that enough shame f Dust to dust— low down— let us hide! bnt they set him so high That all the ships of the world could stare at him, passing by. God Mil pardon the hell-black raven and horrible fowls of the air, But not the black heart of the lawyer... | |
 | Readers - 1884 - 124 pages
...a thief — and then put away — isn't Dust to dust — low down let us hide ! but they set him on high That all the ships of the world could stare at him, passing by. God '11 pardon the hell-black raven and horrible fowls of the air, • But not the black heart of the lawyer... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1885 - 302 pages
...hang'd for a thief — and then put away — isn't that enough shame? Dust to dust — low down — let us hide ! but they set him so high That all the ships...of the lawyer who kill'd him and hang'd him there. And the jailer forced me away. I had bid him my last goodbye ; They had fasten'd the door of his cell.... | |
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