"O good Lord Judge, and sweet Lord Judge, Peace for a little while! Methinks I see my own father, Come riding by the stile. "Oh father, oh father, a little of your gold, And likewise of your fee! To keep my body from yonder grave, And my neck from the gallows-tree." "None of my gold now you shall have, Nor likewise of my fee; For I am come to see you hangd, And hanged you shall be." "Oh good Lord Judge, and sweet Lord Judge, Peace for a little while! Methinks I see my own mother, Come riding by the stile. "Oh mother, oh mother, a little of your gold, And likewise of your fee, To keep my body from yonder grave, And my neck from the gallows-tree!" "None of my gold now shall you have, Nor likewise of my fee; For I am come to see you hangd, And hanged you shall be." "Oh good Lord Judge, and sweet Lord Judge, Peace for a little while! Methinks I see my own brother, Come riding by the stile. "Oh brother, oh brother, a little of your gold, And likewise of your fee, To keep my body from yonder grave, And my neck from the gallows-tree!" "None of my gold now shall you have, Nor likewise of my fee; For I am come to see you hangd, And hanged you shall be." "Oh good Lord Judge, and sweet Lord Judge, Peace for a little while! Methinks I see my own sister, Come riding by the stile. "Oh sister, oh sister, a little of your gold, And likewise of your fee, To keep my body from yonder grave, And my neck from the gallows-tree!" "None of my gold now shall you have, Nor likewise of my fee; For I am come to see you hangd, And hanged you shall be." "Oh good Lord Judge, and sweet Lord Judge, Peace for a little while! Methinks I see my own true-love, Come riding by the stile. "Oh true-love, oh true-love, a little of your gold, And likewise of your fee, To save my body from yonder grave, And my neck from the gallows-tree." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BIVOUAC ON A MOUNTAIN SIDE by WALT WHITMAN P. C., X, 36 by HENRY MAXIMILIAN BEERBOHM THE HERITAGE FOREGONE by WILLIAM ROSE BENET THE ONE BEFORE THE LAST by RUPERT BROOKE LORD NEVIL'S ADVICE by ADA CAMBRIDGE |