<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=508829" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Prisoner</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Upspoke the culprit at the bar,<br> Conducting his own case:<br>'Your Lordship, I have gone to far,<br> But grant me of your grace.<br>As I was passing by a shop<br> I saw my arm go out,<br>And though I begged of it to stop,<br> It stole beyond a doubt.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'But why should my whole body be<br> Condemned to dungeon grim,<br>For what in fact was only the<br> Transgression of a limb?<br>So here before the Court I stand,<br> And beg in Justice' name:<br>Please penalise my arm and hand,<br> But not my frame.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Outspoke the Judge with voice of ice,<br> Although a smile he hid:<br>'Quite right! You should not pay the price<br> For what one member did.<br>Your reasoning I must admit;<br> Your arm should gaol expect . . .<br>Three months! And if you follow it<br> The Court does not object.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The culprit smiled with sudden charm,<br> Then to the Court's dismay,<br>Quickly removed a wooden arm<br> And went away.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Robert+William+Service">Robert William Service</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=508829" data-title="The Prisoner de Robert William Service" data-description="Upspoke the culprit at the bar, Conducting his own case: 'Your Lordship, I have gone to far, But grant me of your grace. As I was passing by a shop I saw my arm go out, And though I begged of it to stop, It stole beyond a doubt. 'But why shou..."></div> </div> </div>

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