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There came a Thief one night to Robin's Castle	A
He climbed up into a Tree	B
And sitting with his head among the branches	C
A wondrous Sight did see	B
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For there was Robin supping at his table	A
With Candles of pure Wax	D
His Dame and his two beauteous little Children	E
With Velvet on their backs	D
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Platters for each there were shin shining	F
Of Silver many a pound	G
And all of beaten Gold three brimming Goblets	D
Standing the table round	G
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The smell that rose up richly from the Baked Meats	D
Came thinning amid the boughs	D
And much that greedy Thief who snuffed the night air	H
His Hunger did arouse	D
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He watched them eating drinking laughing talking	F
Busy with finger and spoon	I
While three most cunning Fiddlers clad in crimson	E
Played them a supper tune	I
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And he waited in the tree top like a Starling	F
Till the Moon was gotten low	J
When all the windows in the walls were darkened	K
He softly in did go	J
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There Robin and his Dame in bed were sleeping	F
And his Children young and fair	H
Only Robin's Hounds from their warm kennels	D
Yelped as he climbed the stair	H
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All all were sleeping page and fiddler	L
Cook scullion free from care	H
Only Robin's Stallions from their stables	D
Neighed as he climbed the stair	H
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A wee wan light the Moon did shed him	M
Hanging above the sea	D
And he counted into his bag of beaten Silver	L
Platters thirty three	D
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Of Spoons three score of jolly golden Goblets	D
He stowed in four save one	E
And six fine three branched Cupid Candlesticks	D
Before his work was done	E
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Nine bulging bags of Money in a cupboard	N
Two Snuffers and a Dish	O
He found the last all studded with great Garnets	D
And shapen like a Fish	O
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Then tiptoe up he stole into a Chamber	L
Where on Tasselled Pillows lay	P
Robin and his Daule in dreaming slumbers	D
Tired with the summer's day	P
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That Thief he mimbled round him in the gloaming	F
Their treasure for to spy	Q
Combs Brooches Chains and Rings and Pins and Buckles	D
All higgledy Piggle dy	P
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A Watch shaped in the shape of a flat Apple	A
In purest crystal set	P
He lifted from the hook where it was ticking	F
And crammed in his Pochette	P
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He heaped the pretty Baubles on the table	A
Trinketsi Knick knackerie	L
Pearls Diamonds Sapphires Topazes and Opals	D
All in his bag put he	D
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And there in night's pale Gloom was Robin dreaming	F
He was hunting the mountain Bear	L
While his Dame in peaceful slumber in no wise heeded	P
A greedy Thief was there	L
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And that ravenous Thief he climbed up even higher	L
Till into a chamber small	R
He crept where lay poor Robin's beauteous Children	E
Lovelier in sleep withal	R
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Oh fairer was their Hair than Gold of Goblet	P
'Yond Silver their Cheeks did shine	S
And their little hands that lay upon the linen	E
Made that Thief's hard heart to pine	S
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But though a moment there his hard heart faltered	P
Eftsoones be took them twain	T
And slipped them into his Bag with all his Plunder	L
And soft stole down again	U
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Spoon Platter Goblet Ducats Dishes Trinkets	D
And those two Children dear	L
A quaking in the clinking and the clanking	F
And half bemused with fear	L
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He carried down the stairs into the Courtyard	P
But there he made no stay	P
He just tied up his Garters took a deep breath	V
And ran like the wind away	P
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Past Forest River Mountain River Forest	P
He coursed the whole night through	L
Till morning found him come into a Country	D
Where none his bad face knew	L
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Past Mountain River Forest River Mountain	E
That Thief's lean shanks sped on	W
Till Evening found him knocking at a Dark House	D
His breath now well nigh gone	X
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There came a little maid and asked his Business	D
A Cobbler dwelt within	Y
And though she much misliked the Bag he carried	P
She led the Bad Man in	Y
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He bargained with the Cobbler for a lodging	F
And soft laid down his Sack	Z
In the Dead of Night with none to spy or listen	E
From off his weary back	Z
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And he taught the little Chicks to call him Father	L
And he sold his stolen Pelf	A2
And bought a Palace Horses Slaves and Peacocks	D
To ease his wicked self	A2
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And though the Children never really loved him	M
He was rich past all belief	A2
While Robin and his Dame o'er Delf and Pewter	L
Spent all their Days in Grief	A2

Walter De La Mare

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