William Topaz Mcgonagall

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Richard Pigott, The Forger Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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Richard Pigott the forger was a very bad manA
And to gainsay it there's nobody canA
Because for fifty years he pursued a career of deceitB
And as a forger few men with him could competeB
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For by forged letters he tried to accuse ParnellC
For the Phoenix Park murders but mark what befellD
When his conscience smote him he confessed to the fraudE
And the thought thereof no doubt drove him madF
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Then he fled from London without delayG
Knowing he wouldn't be safe there night nor dayG
And embarked on board a ship bound for SpainH
Thinking he would escape detection there but 'twas all in vainH
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Because while staying at a hotel in SpainH
He appeared to the landlord to be a little insaneH
And he noticed he was always seemingly in dreadI
Like a person that had committed a murder and afterwards fledI
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And when arrested in the hotel he seemed very coolJ
Just like an innocent schoolboy going to schoolJ
And he said to the detectives Wait until my portmanteau I've gotK
And while going for his portmanteau himself he shotK
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So perished Richard Pigott a forger boldL
Who tried to swear Parnell's life away for the sake of goldL
But the vengeance of God overtook himM
And Parnell's life has been saved which I consider no sinN
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Because he was a man that was very fond of goldL
Not altogether of the miser's craving I've been toldL
But a craving desire after good meat and drinkO
And to obtain good things by foul means he never did shrinkO
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He could eat and drink more than two ordinary menP
And to keep up his high living by foul means we must him condemnQ
Because his heart's desire in life was to fare wellD
And to keep up his good living he tried to betray ParnellC
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Yes the villain tried hard to swear his life awayG
But God protected him by night and by dayG
And during his long trial in London without dismayG
The noble patriot never flinched nor tried to run awayG
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Richard Pigott was a man that was blinded by his own conceitB
And would have robbed his dearest friend all for good meatB
To satisfy his gluttony and his own sensual indulgenceR
Which the inhuman monster considered no great offenceR
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But now in that undiscovered country he's getting his rewardS
And I'm sure few people have for him little regardT
Because he was a villain of the deepest dyeU
And but few people for him will heave a sighU
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When I think of such a monster my blood runs coldL
He was like Monteith that betrayed Wallace for English goldL
But I hope Parnell will prosper for many a dayG
In despite of his enemies that fried to swear his life awayG
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Oh think of his sufferings and how manfully he did standV
During his long trial in London to me it seems grandV
To see him standing at the bar innocent and uprightW
Quite cool and defiant a most beautiful sightW
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And to the noble patriot honour be it saidI
He never was the least afraidX
To speak on behalf of Home Rule for IrelandY
But like a true patriot nobly he did take his standV
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And may he go on conquering and conquer to the endZ
And hoping that God will the right defendZ
And protect him always by night and by dayG
At home and abroad when far awayG
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And now since he's set free Ireland's sons should rejoiceR
And applaud him to the skies all with one voiceR
For he's their patriot true and boldL
And an honest true hearted gentleman be it toldL

William Topaz Mcgonagall



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