Part 19 (2/2)

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I am condemn'd all for to die A death of scorn and horror; In front of Horsemonger-lane Gaol, At eight o'clock to-morrer.

III.

_He hints at his atrocity; and the ebullition produced by the mere recollection of it._

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The crime of which I was found guilty, Oh! it was shocking vile; The very thoughts of the cruel deed Now makes my blood to bile.

IV.

_He speaks of the happy hours of Childhood, never more to return._

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In Somersets.h.i.+re I was born'd, And my little sister dear Didn't think then that my sad end Would be like unto this here.

V.

_The revelation of his name and profession; and subsequent avowal of his guilt._

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James Guffin is my hated name, And a footman I'm by trade; And I do confess that I did slay My poor fellow-servant maid.

VI.

_He acknowledges the justice of his sentence._

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And well I do deserve, I own, My fate which is so bitter: For 'twas most wicked for to kill So innicent a critter.

VII.

_And pictures what might have taken place but for the interference of Destiny._

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Her maiden name was Sarey Leigh, And was to have been Guffin; For we was to have been marri-ed, But Fate brought that to nuffin.

VIII.

_He is particular as to the date of the occurrence._

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All on a Wednesday afternoon, On the ninth of Janivary, Eighteen hundred and forty-four, Oh! I did kill my Sarey.

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