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Jaspar was poor and want and vice	A
Had made his heart like stone	B
And Jaspar look'd with envious eyes	C
On riches not his own	B
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On plunder bent abroad he went	D
Towards the close of day	E
And loitered on the lonely road	F
Impatient for his prey	E
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No traveller came he loiter'd long	G
And often look'd around	H
And paus'd and listen'd eagerly	I
To catch some coming sound	H
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He sat him down beside the stream	J
That crossed the lonely way	E
So fair a scene might well have charm'd	K
All evil thoughts away	E
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He sat beneath a willow tree	I
That cast a trembling shade	L
The gentle river full in front	M
A little island made	L
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Where pleasantly the moon beam shone	B
Upon the poplar trees	N
Whose shadow on the stream below	O
Play'd slowly to the breeze	N
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He listen'd and he heard the wind	P
That waved the willow tree	I
He heard the waters flow along	G
And murmur quietly	I
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He listen'd for the traveller's tread	Q
The nightingale sung sweet	R
He started up for now he heard	S
The sound of coming feet	R
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He started up and graspt a stake	T
And waited for his prey	E
There came a lonely traveller	U
And Jaspar crost his way	E
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But Jaspar's threats and curses fail'd	V
The traveller to appal	I
He would not lightly yield the purse	W
That held his little all	I
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Awhile he struggled but he strove	X
With Jaspar's strength in vain	Y
Beneath his blows he fell and groan'd	Z
And never spoke again	A2
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He lifted up the murdered man	B2
And plunged him in the flood	C2
And in the running waters then	A2
He cleansed his hands from blood	C2
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The waters closed around the corpse	D2
And cleansed his hands from gore	E2
The willow waved the stream flowed on	F2
And murmured as before	E2
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There was no human eye had seen	G2
The blood the murderer spilt	H2
And Jaspar's conscience never knew	I2
The avenging goad of guilt	H2
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And soon the ruffian had consum'd	J2
The gold he gain'd so ill	I
And years of secret guilt pass'd on	F2
And he was needy still	I
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One eve beside the alehouse fire	U
He sat as it befell	I
When in there came a labouring man	B2
Whom Jaspar knew full well	I
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He sat him down by Jaspar's side	K2
A melancholy man	B2
For spite of honest toil the world	L2
Went hard with Jonathan	M2
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His toil a little earn'd and he	I
With little was content	D
But sickness on his wife had fallen	M2
And all he had was spent	D
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Then with his wife and little ones	N2
He shared the scanty meal	I
And saw their looks of wretchedness	N2
And felt what wretches feel	I
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That very morn the Landlord's power	U
Had seized the little left	O2
And now the sufferer found himself	P2
Of every thing bereft	O2
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He lent his head upon his hand	Q2
His elbow on his knee	I
And so by Jaspar's side he sat	R2
And not a word said he	I
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Nay why so downcast Jaspar cried	K2
Come cheer up Jonathan	M2
Drink neighbour drink 'twill warm thy heart	S2
Come come take courage man	B2
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He took the cup that Jaspar gave	T2
And down he drain'd it quick	U2
I have a wife said Jonathan	M2
And she is deadly sick	U2
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She has no bed to lie upon	F2
I saw them take her bed	Q
And I have children would to God	V2
That they and I were dead	Q
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Our Landlord he goes home to night	W2
And he will sleep in peace	N2
I would that I were in my grave	T2
For there all troubles cease	N2
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In vain I pray'd him to forbear	U
Tho' wealth enough has he	I
God be to him as merciless	N2
As he has been to me	I
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When Jaspar saw the poor man's soul	I
On all his ills intent	D
He plied him with the heartening cup	X2
And with him forth he went	D
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This landlord on his homeward road	F
'Twere easy now to meet	R
The road is lonesome Jonathan	M2
And vengeance man is sweet	R
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He listen'd to the tempter's voice	N2
The thought it made him start	S2
His head was hot and wretchedness	N2
Had hardened now his heart	S2
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Along the lonely road they went	D
And waited for their prey	U
They sat them down beside the stream	J
That crossed the lonely way	U
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They sat them down beside the stream	J
And never a word they said	Q
They sat and listen'd silently	I
To hear the traveller's tread	Q
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The night was calm the night was dark	Y2
No star was in the sky	Z2
The wind it waved the willow boughs	N2
The stream flowed quietly	I
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The night was calm the air was still	I
Sweet sung the nightingale	I
The soul of Jonathan was sooth'd	A3
His heart began to fail	I
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'Tis weary waiting here he cried	K2
And now the hour is late	B3
Methinks he will not come to night	W2
'Tis useless more to wait	B3
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Have patience man the ruffian said	Q
A little we may wait	B3
But longer shall his wife expect	C3
Her husband at the gate	B3
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Then Jonathan grew sick at heart	S2
My conscience yet is clear	U
Jaspar it is not yet too late	B3
I will not linger here	U
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How now cried Jaspar why I thought	D3
Thy conscience was asleep	E3
No more such qualms the night is dark	Y2
The river here is deep	E3
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What matters that said Jonathan	M2
Whose blood began to freeze	N2
When there is one above whose eye	Z2
The deeds of darkness sees	N2
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We are safe enough said Jaspar then	A2
If that be all thy fear	U
Nor eye below nor eye above	F3
Can pierce the darkness here	U
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That instant as the murderer spake	T
There came a sudden light	W2
Strong as the mid day sun it shone	B
Though all around was night	W2
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It hung upon the willow tree	I
It hung upon the flood	C2
It gave to view the poplar isle	I
And all the scene of blood	C2
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The traveller who journies there	U
He surely has espied	C2
A madman who has made his home	G3
Upon the river's side	C2
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His cheek is pale his eye is wild	C2
His look bespeaks despair	U
For Jaspar since that hour has made	C2
His home unshelter'd there	U
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And fearful are his dreams at night	C2
And dread to him the day	C2
He thinks upon his untold crime	H3
And never dares to pray	C2
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The summer suns the winter storms	N2
O'er him unheeded roll	I
For heavy is the weight of blood	C2
Upon the maniac's soul	I