The Outlaw Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIJKLKL MCMCNHNH OPOPQDQD RSRSTLTL| A wild and woeful race he ran | A |
| Of lust and sin by land and sea | B |
| Until abhorred of God and man | A |
| They swung him from the gallows tree | B |
| And then he climbed the Starry Stair | C |
| And dumb and naked and alone | D |
| With head unbowed and brazen glare | C |
| He stood before the Judgment Throne | D |
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| The Keeper of the Records spoke | E |
| This man O Lord has mocked Thy Name | F |
| The weak have wept beneath his yoke | E |
| The strong have fled before his flame | F |
| The blood of babes is on his sword | G |
| His life is evil to the brim | H |
| Look down decree his doom O Lord | G |
| Lo there is none will speak for him | H |
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| The golden trumpets blew a blast | I |
| That echoed in the crypts of Hell | J |
| For there was Judgment to be passed | I |
| And lips were hushed and silence fell | J |
| The man was mute he made no stir | K |
| Erect before the Judgment Seat | L |
| When all at once a mongrel cur | K |
| Crept out and cowered and licked his feet | L |
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| It licked his feet with whining cry | M |
| Come Heav'n come Hell what did it care | C |
| It leapt it tried to catch his eye | M |
| Its master yea its God was there | C |
| Then as a thrill of wonder sped | N |
| Through throngs of shining seraphim | H |
| The Judge of All looked down and said | N |
| Lo here is ONE who pleads for him | H |
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| And who shall love of these the least | O |
| And who by word or look or deed | P |
| Shall pity show to bird or beast | O |
| By Me shall have a friend in need | P |
| Aye though his sin be black as night | Q |
| And though he stand 'mid men alone | D |
| He shall be softened in My sight | Q |
| And find a pleader by My Throne | D |
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| So let this man to glory win | R |
| From life to life salvation glean | S |
| By pain and sacrifice and sin | R |
| Until he stand before Me clean | S |
| For he who loves the least of these | T |
| And here I say and here repeat | L |
| Shall win himself an angel's pleas | T |
| For Mercy at My Judgment Seat | L |
Robert Service
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