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"The Hangman" Sections 1-2 (Maurice Ogden):

Can you recall the words to this pointed poem?
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Into our town the Hangman came Smelling
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Answer
Into
our
town
the
Hangman
came
Smelling
of
gold
and
blood
and
flame
And
he
paced
our
bricks
with
a
diffident
air
And
built
his
frame
on
the
courthouse
square
The
scaffold
stood
by
the
courthouse
side
Only
as
wide
as
the
door
was
wide
A
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frame
as
tall
or
little
more
Than
the
capping
sill
of
the
courthouse
door
And
we
wondered
whenever
we
had
the
time
Who
the
criminal
what
the
crime
The
Hangman
judged
with
the
yellow
twist
Of
knotted
hemp
in
his
busy
fist
And
innocent
though
we
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were
with
dread
We
passed
those
eyes
of
buckshot
lead
Till
one
cried
"Hangman
who
is
he
For
whom
you
raise
the
gallows-tree?"
Then
a
twinkle
grew
in
the
buckshot
eye
And
he
gave
us
a
riddle
instead
of
reply
"He
who
serves
me
best"
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said
he
"Shall
earn
the
rope
on
the
gallows-tree"
And
he
stepped
down
and
laid
his
hand
On
a
man
who
came
from
another
land
And
we
breathed
again
for
another's
grief
At
the
Hangman's
hand
was
our
relief
And
the
gallows-frame
on
the
courthouse
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lawn
By
tomorrow's
sun
would
be
struck
and
gone
So
we
gave
him
way
and
no
one
spoke
Out
of
respect
for
his
hangman's
cloak
The
next
day's
sun
looked
mildly
down
On
roof
and
street
in
our
quiet
town
And
stark
and
black
in
Answer
the
morning
air
The
gallows-tree
on
the
courthouse
square
And
the
Hangman
stood
at
his
usual
stand
With
the
yellow
hemp
in
his
busy
hand
With
his
buckshot
eye
and
his
jaw
like
a
pike
And
his
air
so
knowing
and
businesslike
And
we
cried
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"Hangman
have
you
not
done
Yesterday
with
the
alien
one?"
Then
we
fell
silent
and
stood
amazed
"Oh
not
for
him
was
the
gallows
raised"
He
laughed
a
laugh
as
he
looked
at
us
"Did
you
think
I'd
gone
to
all
this
fuss
To
hang
Answer
one
man?
That's
a
thing
I
do
To
stretch
the
rope
when
the
rope
is
new"
Then
one
cried
"Murderer"
One
cried
"Shame"
And
into
our
midst
the
Hangman
came
To
that
man's
place
"Do
you
hold"
said
he
"With
him
that's
meant
for
the
Answer
gallows-tree?"
And
he
laid
his
hand
on
that
one's
arm
And
we
shrank
back
in
quick
alarm
And
we
gave
him
way
and
no
one
spoke
Out
of
fear
of
his
hangman's
cloak
That
night
we
saw
with
dread
surprise
The
Hangman's
scaffold
had
grown
Answer
in
size
Fed
by
the
blood
beneath
the
chute
The
gallows-tree
had
taken
root
Now
as
wide
or
a
little
more
Than
the
steps
that
led
to
the
courthouse
door
As
tall
as
the
writing
or
nearly
as
tall
Halfway
up
on
the
courthouse
wall
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