Upon The Thief Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFGHCIIJJHH KKHHLLMMBBNOPQBBRRThe thief when he doth steal thinks he doth gain | A |
Yet then the greatest loss he doth sustain | A |
Come thief tell me thy gains but do not falter | B |
When summ'd what comes it to more than the halter | B |
Perhaps thou'lt say The halter I defy | C |
So thou may'st say yet by the halter die | C |
Thou'lt say Then there's an end no pr'ythee hold | D |
He was no friend of thine that thee so told | D |
Hear thou the Word of God that will thee tell | E |
Without repentance thieves must go to hell | E |
But should it be as thy false prophet says | F |
Yet nought but loss doth come by thievish ways | G |
All honest men will flee thy company | H |
Thou liv'st a rogue and so a rogue will die | C |
Innocent boldness thou hast none at all | I |
Thy inward thoughts do thee a villain call | I |
Sometimes when thou liest warmly on thy bed | J |
Thou art like one unto the gallows led | J |
Fear as a constable breaks in upon thee | H |
Thou art as if the town was up to stone thee | H |
If hogs do grunt or silly rats do rustle | K |
Thou art in consternation think'st a bustle | K |
By men about the door is made to take thee | H |
And all because good conscience doth forsake thee | H |
Thy case is most deplorably so bad | L |
Thou shunn'st to think on't lest thou should'st be mad | L |
Thou art beset with mischiefs every way | M |
The gallows groaneth for thee every day | M |
Wherefore I pr'ythee thief thy theft forbear | B |
Consult thy safety pr'ythee have a care | B |
If once thy head be got within the noose | N |
'Twill be too late a longer life to choose | O |
As to the penitent thou readest of | P |
What's that to them who at repentance scoff | Q |
Nor is that grace at thy command or power | B |
That thou should'st put it off till the last hour | B |
I pr'ythee thief think on't and turn betime | R |
Few go to life who do the gallows climb | R |
John Bunyan
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