Upon The Thief Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFGHCIIJJHH KKHHLLMMBBNOPQBBRR| The 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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Upon The Thief is a poem by John Bunyan. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.